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Swedish 5th tier, but after not managing to find any football shoes he and a friend moved to 9th tier side Gualövs GoIF. He was instantly made captain and after scoring 20 goals in 10 games big local club
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signed him in the summer of 2014. He played the rest of the year with the U17s and U19s. Before the next season Abdu was moved up to the A-Team playing in
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when he was 16. Abdu took many jobs, mostly washing cars before he met a few white
Europeans who managed to get him on a plane to
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1124:[Abdu Lumala is the new player of Slaven Belup] (in Croatian). Slaven Belupo. 27 March 2024
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On 27 March 2024, Abdu returned to Europe and signed a contract with the
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Ugandan association football is a
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debut as a starter on 9 June 2019, in a 0–0 friendly tie versus
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1144:"Player profile :: Lumala Abdu :: Transfers"
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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Abdu grew up with his grandmother in the village of
492:. At the back of Abdu's shirt it says "Lumalinho".
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362:(born 21 July 1997) is an Ugandan professional
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1097:"Pyramids sign Ibrahim Hassan, Lumala Abdu"
1052:"Föräldralös och övergiven nytt superlöfte"
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1122:"Abdu Lumala novi je igraÄŤ Slaven Belupa"
1076:(in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 29 August 2017
1024:Föräldralös och övergiven nytt superlöfte
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1176:. National Football Teams. 9 June 2019.
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476:Abdu was loaned out to Superettan club
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1971:Uganda men's international footballers
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1174:"Uganda v Turkmenistan game report"
1054:. svenskelitfotboll.se. 21 May 2015
1026:, svenskelitfotboll.se, 21 May 2015
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63:1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
2086:Ugandan football biography stubs
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2031:Egyptian Premier League players
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1095:Wagih, Ahmed (31 July 2019).
1904:. You can help Knowledge by
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500:In July 2019, Abdu joined
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1991:Helsingborgs IF players
502:Egyptian Premier League
423:and there he contacted
1986:Varbergs BoIS players
1232:– current squad
452:wanting to sign him.
2001:Syrianska FC players
646:Division 7 Blekinge
550:Uganda national team
544:International career
380:Uganda national team
330:International career
27:Personal information
2021:Allsvenskan players
2006:Pyramids FC players
1996:IFK Värnamo players
1976:Mjällby AIF players
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578:
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2026:Superettan players
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576:
571:As of 16 July 2019
16:Ugandan footballer
2011:Vipers SC players
1981:Kalmar FF players
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510:SĂ©bastien Desabre
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1154:on 20 July 2024
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484:'s mother club
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528:Gokulam Kerala
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517:
514:
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494:
482:Henrik Larsson
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409:Sturup Airport
401:Henrik Larsson
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389:
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376:Gokulam Kerala
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1020:
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1007:
1000:
997:
993:
989:
986:
983:
981:
977:
973:
970:
967:
965:National team
964:
963:
955:
952:
951:
948:International
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940:
937:
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922:
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911:Career total
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879:
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872:
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862:
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847:
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841:
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833:
830:
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825:
822:
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807:
804:
802:
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796:
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792:
788:
785:
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770:
767:
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762:
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758:Varbergs BoIS
756:
755:
751:
748:
739:
736:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
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714:
710:
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704:
701:
695:
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689:
686:
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