South Asians in football: Adil Nabi makes Cyprus move | Ruudy Yusuf links up with Clapton CFC
West Brom academy graduate and former England U17 international Adil Nabi will play league football in a fifth country after completing a move to Cypriot side Doxa Katokopias; coach Ruudy Yusuf returns to the dugout at Clapton CFC
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Saturday 15 July 2023 22:44, UK
Former England youth international Adil Nabi has joined Cypriot side Doxa Katokopias on a deal until the end of the season.
Sky Sports News exclusively revealed at the beginning of the week that Nabi had arrived in Nicosia and was about to put pen to paper on a contract with the ambitious Cypriot top-division side.
The attacking midfielder has now signed and will play league football in a fifth country after previous spells playing in England, Scotland, Greece and India.
Back in 2015, Nabi — who is expected to be called up to represent the Pakistan National Team later this year — became the first Premier League player to make a loan move to the Indian Super League, when he made the switch from West Brom to Delhi Dynamos.
Delhi had Brazil great Roberto Carlos as their player-manager at the time, and Nabi — who was just 21 at the time — played alongside Champions League winner Florent Malouda and ex-Liverpool full-back John Arne Riise.
Speaking to Sky Sports News back in 2015, Riise predicted a bright future for Nabi.
«He's a great finisher and as his confidence and fitness builds he'll go on to be very good, Riise told Sky Sports News.
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