Kassim Abdallah

Kassim Abdallah

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Personal information
Full name	Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia
Date of birth	(1987-04-09) 9 April 1987
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Evian
Number	2
Youth career
2005	AS Busserine
2005–2007	ASCJ Felix-Pyat
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Marignane	33	(0)
2009–2012	Sedan	94	(2)
2012–2014	Marseille	23	(0)
2014–	Evian	44	(0)
International career‡
2007–	Comoros	20	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 August 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2015

Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia (born 9 April 1987 in Marseille) is a French-born Comorian professional footballer. He currently plays in the Ligue 2 for Evian Thonon Gaillard.

Early life

Abdallah was born in Marseille in France and raised in the French Bouches-du-Rhône department.

Club career

Abdallah began his European career in January 2005 with Atout Sport Busserine and signed a half year later in summer 2005 for Marseille based club A.S.C. de Jeunesse Felix-Pyat. He played two years for ASCJ Felix-Pyat and signed than with the Championnat de France Amateurs club US Marignane. He played in two years 44 games in the Championnat de France Amateurs for US Marignane before signed in July 2009 for CS Sedan.

On 31 August 2012, Abdallah left Sedan for Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille, signed a four-year deal.

On 29 January 2014, Abdallah joined Evian Thonon Gaillard on a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year deal, ending his two-year career with Marseille.

International career

Abdallah is since 2007 member of the Comoros national football team and earned his first cap by the Indian Ocean Island Games in a game against Madagascar national football team.

Personal life

Four members of his family perished in the Yemenia Flight 626 crash, his mother took an earlier flight.