Playing position Name Adil Nabi Career start 2012 Years Team Weight 68 kg | Height 1.75 m Number 10 Role Footballer Nationality English, Pakistani | |
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Date of birth (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 21) Current team Delhi Dynamos FC (Forward) Similar People Kemar Roofe, Jack Rose, Liam O'Neil, Bradley Garmston, Sebastien Pocognoli Profiles | ||
Highlights adil nabi goals compilation
Adil Nabi (born 28 February 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peterborough United.
Contents
- Highlights adil nabi goals compilation
- Adil nabi discusses his loan move to indian super league club delhi dynamos
- West Bromwich Albion
- Delhi Dynamos loan
- Peterborough United
- Style of play
- Personal life
- Career statistics
- References
He was an academy product at West Bromwich Albion, but never made a first-team appearance. Nabi was the first player to be loaned from the Premier League to the Indian Super League, playing in the 2015 season for the Delhi Dynamos.
Adil nabi discusses his loan move to indian super league club delhi dynamos
West Bromwich Albion
Born in Aston, Birmingham, Nabi joined the academy of West Bromwich Albion as an eight-year-old. After rising through the academy ranks, he signed his first professional contract with the club in 2011. He was named in a matchday squad for the first time on 12 January 2013 in an away Premier League match at Reading, remaining unused as West Brom lost 3–2. After the 2014–15 season, Nabi was named Albion's Young Player of the Season. For the under-21 team, he recorded 26 goals and 12 assists in 73 games.
Delhi Dynamos (loan)
On 28 August 2015 it was announced that Nabi would be loaned to the Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League for the 2015 season. West Brom board member Adrian Wright stated that the move was for the benefit of all parties, rather than speculation that it was to increase the club's commercial interests in India. Nabi was the first player to be loaned from a Premier League club to an ISL team.
On 4 October, he made his professional debut for the Dynamos in their opening match of the season against Goa at the Fatorda Stadium, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Chicão as they fell 2–0. He played only 31 minutes of the first five matches of the season for Roberto Carlos' capital-based team, but said that he was experiencing a personal growth which would not have been possible had he been loaned to a lower-league English club. On 19 November, he scored his first professional goal, opening a 3–1 win over FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
He added a second on 3 December, as the team who had already qualified for the play-offs came from behind to achieve a 3–3 home draw against Kerala Blasters. In the last game of the regular season three days later, he scored again in a 2–3 loss to Goa, and finished the season with 3 goals from 11 games as they were eliminated by the same team in the semi-finals; he was sent off for dissent on 15 December in a 3–0 away loss in the second leg.
Peterborough United
On 21 January 2016, Nabi joined Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract lasting until 2019. Two days later, as a 57th-minute substitute for Erhun Oztumer, he made his debut in English football, in the Posh's 2–1 loss to Gillingham in League One. On 13 February, he made his first start for the team, in their 0–4 loss to Bradford City at London Road. Speaking in January 2017, Director of Football Barry Fry said that: "Nabi was all set to go to Port Vale, but they sacked their manager (Bruno Ribeiro) and the caretaker-boss (Michael Brown) there is not so keen".
Style of play
West Bromwich Albion academy manager Mark Harrison stated in November 2015 that Nabi was equally as gifted in technical and finishing abilities as the team's first-choice striker Saido Berahino, who had partnered Nabi at youth level.
Personal life
Nabi is of Pakistani descent. His younger brothers Samir and Rahis Nabi are also professional footballers, having progressed through West Brom's academy.