Rafidine Abdullah

Rafidine Abdullah
Abdullah with Marseille in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafidine Abdullah
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Velež Mostar
Number 6
Youth career
2009–2012 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Marseille B 23 (1)
2012–2013 Marseille 15 (0)
2013–2016 Lorient 45 (1)
2013–2015 Lorient B 6 (0)
2016–2018 Cádiz 66 (3)
2018–2019 Waasland-Beveren 10 (0)
2020–2022 Stade Lausanne 59 (5)
2024 Servette U21 15 (0)
2025 Wohlen 10 (0)
2025– Velež Mostar 28 (0)
International career
2012 France U18 4 (0)
2012 France U19 3 (0)
2013–2014 France U20 7 (1)
2016–2024 Comoros 20 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2026

Rafidine Abdullah (born 15 January 1994) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar. Born in France, he played for the Comoros national team.

Club career

Marseille

After training with the senior team during the 2011–12 season under former manager Didier Deschamps, ahead of the ensuing season under new manager Élie Baup, Abdullah was promoted to the senior team permanently and assigned the number 13 shirt. He made his professional debut on 9 August 2012 in the second leg of the team's third qualifying round tie against Turkish club Eskişehirspor.

Cádiz

On 3 August 2016, Abdullah moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year contract with Spanish Segunda División club Cádiz CF.

Waasland-Beveren

On 17 July 2018, Waasland-Beveren announced, that they had signed Abdullah on a two-year contract. After playing only 644 minutes in ten games, Abdullah and the club decided to terminate the contract by mutual consent on 28 January 2019. Abdullah's contract expired after Waasland-Beveren declined to renew following the end of the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League.

International career

Abdullah was born in France to Comorian parents. A French youth international having represented his nation at under-18 level. He switched to the Comoros national team and made his debut for them in a 2–2 friendly tie with Togo.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marseille B 2011–12 CFA 160————160
2012–13 CFA 61————61
2013–14 CFA 10————10
Total 231————231
Marseille 2012–13 Ligue 1 150101060—230
Lorient 2013–14 Ligue 1 100—10——110
2014–15 Ligue 1 2301010——250
2015–16 Ligue 1 1212010——151
Total 4513030——511
Lorient B 2013–14 CFA 50————50
2015–16 CFA 10————10
Total 60————60
Cádiz 2016–17 Segunda División 35320——20393
2017–18 Segunda División 31040———350
Total 66360——20743
Waasland-Beveren 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 100————100
Stade Lausanne Ouchy 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League 81————81
2020–21 Swiss Challenge League 282————282
2021–22 Swiss Challenge League 23210———242
Total 59510———605
Servette FC U21 2023–24 Promotion League 150————150
Wohlen 2024–25 1. Liga Classic 10010———110
Velež Mostar 2025–26 Bosnian Premier League 23060———290
2026–27 Bosnian Premier League 50——40—90
Total 28060—40—380
Career total 27710180401002031110

International

As of match played 7 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Comoros 201620
201710
201840
201910
202020
202130
202260
202300
202410
Total200

References

  1. ↑ "OM-Toulouse: optimisme pour les frères Ayew". La Provence (in French). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Zoom sur les jeunes en stage à Crans Montana". Olympique de Marseille (in French). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Baup sent que Rafidine Abdullah a un fort potentiel!". Foot sur 7 (in French). 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Marseille v. Eskişehirspor Match Report". Union of European Football Associations (in French). 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Rafidine Abdullah, nuevo jugador del Cádiz" [Rafidine Abdullah, new player of Cádiz] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ↑ W-B versterkt zich met Rafidine Abdullah, waasland-beveren.be, 17 July 2019
  7. ↑ W-B EN ABDULLAH GAAN UIT MEKAAR Archived 22 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine, waasland-beveren.be, 28 January 2019
  8. ↑ "Cádiz CF | ¿Qué fue de Rafidine Abdullah? El príncipe de las Comores con pasado en el Cádiz". 14 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rafidine. Jeune comorien à l'OM". Comoros-Infos (in French). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Un Cádiz muy serio saca tajada en el campo del líder". 12 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Agbeniadan denies Comoros major upset against Togo". 11 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Rafidine Abdullah Stats". soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Rafidine Abdullah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 August 2026.