Mohammed Goyi Aliyu

Mohammed Goyi Aliyu (born February 12, 1993) is a Nigerian football player.

Mohammed Aliyu

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Goyi Aliyu
Date of birth	February 12, 1993
Place of birth	Kachia, Nigeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-Back
Youth career
	Lima Primary School
2008–2010	Niger Tornadoes
2010–2011	Villarreal
2011–2013	Tavriya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Tavriya	4	(0)
2014	Pomorac	8	(0)
2014–2017	Saxan	33	(1)
2017	Dinamo Tbilisi	2	(0)
National team^‡
2009	Nigeria U-17	7	(0)
2011–2013	Nigeria U-20	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2017

Career

Aliyu began to play football at Lima Primary School and joined in 2008 to Niger Tornadoes who earned his first professional matches.[1] In January 2011 left Nigerian club Niger Tornadoes and signed for Primera División side Villarreal C.F..[2] On December 13, 2011 he signed a long-term contract for Ukrainian Premier League club Tavriya.[3]

International career

He was called from Sam John Obuh for the Nigeria national under-17 football team for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4] Obuh called the defender on 12 April 2011 for the 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa.[5]

References

1. "Pen Pix of Glory-chasing Eaglets". kickoff.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
2. "Obuh names Musa, 20 others for AYC". newsatnine.info. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
3. "Сайт sctavriya.com не настроен на сервере". sctavriya.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
4. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mohammed ALIYU". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
5. Nigeria's Flying Eagles up close Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine