Awer Mabil

Awer Bul Mabil (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan-born Australian professional footballer of South Sudanese descent who plays as a winger for FC Midtjylland and Australia national football team.

Awer Mabil
Mabil playing for Australia at 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Awer Bul Mabil
Date of birth (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995
Place of birth Kakuma, Kenya
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 FC Midtjylland
Number 11
Youth career
St Augustines
Playford City
2011 SA NTC
2012–2014 Adelaide United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Campbelltown City 14 (1)
2013–2015 Adelaide United 47 (8)
2015– FC Midtjylland 80 (14)
2016–2017 → Esbjerg fB (loan) 25 (4)
2017–2018 → Paços de Ferreira (loan) 26 (2)
National team‡
2014–2015 Australia U20 9 (4)
2015 Australia U23 6 (0)
2018– Australia 14 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Mabil played youth football at the South Australian National Training Centre and with Adelaide United. He made his senior debut for Campbelltown City, before making his debut in the A-League for Adelaide United in 2013.

Early life

Mabil was born to South Sudanese parents in Kakuma, located in northwestern Kenya. He and his family lived in the Kakuma Refugee Camp until 2006 when they moved to Australia. He began playing football at the camp at around the age of 5, stating: "We would just go outside and start kicking around. It was not structured and there was little else to do."[2]

Club career

Adelaide United

Mabil was signed by Adelaide United in the A-League in 2012 from Campbelltown City in the FFSA National Premier League after Mabil had displayed a number of performances showing his pace and dribbling skills to outwit many defenders in the FFSA National Premier League.[3] Mabil made his Adelaide United senior debut on 11 January 2013 in a 2012–13 A-League match against Perth Glory. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 away loss to Wellington Phoenix in Round 17 of the 2013–14 A-League season, after coming on as a substitute in the second half.

FC Midtjylland

In July 2015, Mabil secured a move to Danish Superliga club, FC Midtjylland for a reported transfer fee in excess of AU$1,300,000[4][5] Awer Mabil made his Danish Superliga debut for FC Midtjylland on 16 October 2015 against Randers FC at the MCH Arena in Herning as an 83rd-minute substitute for Daniel Royer.

On 22 October 2015, Mabil made his UEFA Europa League debut at home to Napoli, coming on for Mikkel Duelund in the 73rd minute.

Loan to Esbjerg fB

In August 2016, Mabil was loaned to Esbjerg fB to allow him to get more game time and develop.[6][7] Mabil made his debut on 8 August 2016, starting the match against AGF but was sent off in the 44th minute.[8] Esbjerg was relegated to the Danish 1st Division, and Esbjerg announced that Mabil was one of nine players who would be leaving the club.[9]

Loan to Paços de Ferreira

In July 2017, Mabil was loaned to Paços de Ferreira to allow him further first-team opportunities.[10] Paços de Ferreira were relegated at the end of the 2017–18 Primeira Liga season, however Mabil impressed while on loan scoring twice and providing a further 3 assists in 26 league appearances.[11]

Return to FC Midtjylland

Mabil made a bright start upon his return to Denmark, scoring a goal and registering two assists in his first six appearances for the season.[12] On 11 November, Mabil scored two and set a further two up in Midtjyllands 5-0 win over Vejle BK, taking his season tally to four goals and eight assists.[13] On 30th September 2020, he assisted Sory Kaba's headed goal with a cross in a 4-1 home win over Slavia Prague in the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League play-off round that qualified FC Midtjylland for their first UEFA Champions League. He scored his first Champions League goal on November 25th that year against Ajax from the penalty spot in a 3-1 defeat.

International career

In August 2013, Mabil was called up by Australia for COTIF Tournament in L'Alcúdia, Spain.[14] The tournament was used by the FFA to prepare players for their successful 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification campaign.

In March 2014, he was cleared by FIFA to play for Australia after a year-long process to obtain a birth certificate and gain exemption from FIFA eligibility rules.[15][16]

He featured for Australia in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, playing in all three of their games, the opponents were Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.[17][18][19]

After showing impressive form with FC Midtjylland, Mabil was called up to the senior team for the first time. Participating in the Socceroos first training camp under new coach Graham Arnold.[20]

On 16 October 2018 Mabil made his senior Australian debut against Kuwait in an international friendly match at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium. Mabil came on as a second half substitution for Mathew Leckie and scored his maiden goal for the senior national team in the 88th minute to give Australia their fourth and final goal in a 4–0 win over Kuwait in Graham Arnold’s first match of his second stint with the Australian national team.[21][22] Mabil’s goal was assisted by Tomi Juric and Thomas Deng.[23] Mabil celebrated the goal with childhood friend and fellow South Sudanese refugee Deng, who was also making his international debut for Australia.[24] Awer dedicated the goal, post-match, to his mother.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 October 2020[26]
Club Season Division League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Adelaide United 2012–13 A-League 50———50
2013–14 212———212
2014–15 21631——247
Total 47[lower-alpha 2]8———509
FC Midtjylland 2015–16 Superliga 601020—90
2016–17 000000—00
2017–18 000000—00
2018–19 306105[lower-alpha 3]0—366
2019–20 348002[lower-alpha 4]0—368
2020–21 50005[lower-alpha 5]1—101
Total 751420141—9115
Esbjerg fB (loan) 2016–17 Superliga 25400—4[lower-alpha 6]0294
Paços de Ferreira (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 262——3[lower-alpha 7]1293
Career total 17328511417119931
  1. Includes appearances in the Australian FFA Cup, Danish Sydbank Pokalen and Portuguese Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes both appearances in the A-League regular season and finals series
  3. Includes 4 appearances in the Europa League third qualification and play-off rounds and 1 appearance in the Champions League second qualification round
  4. Appearances in the Europa League
  5. Appearances in the Champions League
  6. Appearances in Superliga relegation play-offs
  7. Appearances in the Portuguese Taça da Liga

International
As of match played on 14 November 2019
Australia
YearAppsGoals
201842
2019102
Total144

International goals
As of match played 15 January 2019. Australia score listed first, score column indicates score after each of his goal.
NoDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 16 October 2018Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait1 Kuwait4–04–0Friendly
2 30 December 2018Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates4 Oman3–05–0
3 11 January 2019Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates6 Palestine2–03–02019 AFC Asian Cup
4 15 January 2019Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates7 Syria1–03–2

Honours

Club
Adelaide United
Midtjylland

Individual

References
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  2. "Returning to the refugee camp". FIFA. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. "Young Adelaide United gun Awer Mabil up for attack". adelaidenow.com.au. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. "Awer Mabil to join Danish champion side FC Midtjylland after United deal all but done". The Advertiser. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. "Mabil signs with Danish Club". Adelaide United FC. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  6. "Esbjerg lejer kantspiller i FCM" (in Danish). bold.dk. 3 August 2016.
  7. Somerford, Ben (5 August 2016). "Mabil seals Esbjerg move". Inside Sport.
  8. Stoll, Nick (9 August 2016). "Amini scores while Mabil is sent-off as Aussies clash in Denmark". The World Game. SBS.
  9. Ni spillere på vej ud i Esbjerg, bold.dk, 30 May 2017
  10. Somerford, Ben (6 July 2017). "Mabil joins Portuguese club". FourFourTwo.
  11. "2017–2018 Paços de Ferreira Stats". 13 June 2018.
  12. Windon, Jacob (20 September 2018). "Progress Report: Awer Mabil". Socceroos.
  13. "Aussies Abroad: Mabil masterclass leads five-star Midtjylland to victory". Socceroos. 12 November 2018.
  14. "Young Socceroos announced for COTIF tournament". footballaustralia.com.au. 5 August 2013.
  15. Migliaccio, Val (13 March 2014). "FIFA gives Mabil the green light". The Australian. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  16. Burgess, Michael (22 August 2015). "Football: Oz up with eligibility play". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. "Australia vs. United Arab Emirates". the-afc.com. 10 October 2014.
  18. "Indonesia vs. Australia". the-afc.com. 12 October 2014.
  19. "Uzbekistan vs. Australia". the-afc.com. 14 October 2014.
  20. "Graham Arnold has named his first Socceroos squad since taking over as head coach". foxsports.com.au. 30 August 2018.
  21. "Kuwait vs Australia". The World Game. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  22. "Socceroos comfortably defeat Kuwait in Graham Arnold's first game in charge". ABC News. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  23. Davidson, John (16 October 2018). "Graham Arnold off to a flyer as Socceroos thrash Kuwait in friendly". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  24. Bossi, Dominic (16 October 2018). "Sudanese refugees share special Socceroo debuts". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  25. "Mabil's moment nine years in the making". www.ftbl.com.au. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  26. Awer Mabil at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  27. Rojas makes FFA awards history WAToday.com.au
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