Sabit Abdulai, midfielder of Ghana, new Lugo player

Yesterday, Lugo announced the signing of a contract with the Ghanaian midfielder sabit abdulaiwho arrives on loan from Getafe. Signed until June 2024. The player “works in the positions of the staff and the midfield, and is an asset full of youth and physical arrangement for the midfield of Lugo”, the entity pointed out in its statement.

As a representative of his country under the age of 23, Abdulai has experience in the First League — he played 3 games with Getafe — and in the Second League — 23 games with Ponferrada —.

Is he the seventh signing of Lugo behind goalkeepers Lucas Díaz and Gonçal Tabuaço, defenders Bernardo Cruz, Gorka Pérez and Carlos Julio and striker Willy Ledesma.

Travel through Spain and Portugal

Born in Techiman (Ghana), he went to Spain to sign for Deportivo Alavés in 2017. His La Liga career got off to a flying start as some problems with paperwork prevented his entry into the club.? He later had trials at Portugal’s Rio Ave and Conquense but eventually signed for Extremadura in July 2018 to play for their affiliate.

After a few seasons, in the summer of 2020 he went on loan to Getafe CF. That season, he made his debut with the first team of the First League, but in July of the same year, he experienced serious injury that would sideline him for eight months.

For the 2022/23 season, already recovered from injury, he was promoted to the first team of Getafense,? although he was transferred to Ponferradina after the pre-season.