Abu Azeez Joins Bangladesh Side Chittagong Abahani For 2023/2024 Season

Abu Azeez Joins Bangladesh Side Chittagong Abahani For 2023/2024 Season

Precious Oham

Nigerian Beach Soccer legend Abu Azeez has joined Bangladesh side Chittagong Abahani for the 2023/2024 season on a one-year deal, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

Azeez, who joined the Blue Pirates on a free transfer will team up with his fellow countryman, Muritala Lawal who also joined the side ahead of the new campaign.  

The Nigerian beach soccer top scorer and former NPFL star completed the move as a free agent.

The NPFL veteran has recently been engaged in the Abu Azeez podcast to the admiration of football lovers who have tipped him to be a very good analyst and a super ambassador.

Azeez made his debut for Nigeria at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai where he scored twice as Nigeria crashed out in the group stages.

He became a vital member of the team after that tournament and won his first trophy with the team in 2011 at the Copa Lagos.

In 2016, while he was still with Enyimba, Azeez announced that he was retiring from international beach football so he could focus on regular football.

He, however, returned to the team later that year to help the West African to a second-place finish at the 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations which was hosted in Nigeria.

Azeez was named Nigeria's captain in 2019, a year after he became the first and only Nigeria Beach soccer player to reach a century of goals.