Awer Mabil
Australian soccer player (born 1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Awer Bul Mabil (born 15 September 1995) is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers.[5] Born as a South Sudanese refugee in Kenya, he plays for the Australia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Awer Denis Bul Mabil[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Kakuma, Kenya | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grasshoppers | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
St Augustines | |||
Playford City | |||
Salisbury East Junior Soccer Club | |||
2010–2011 | SA NTC | ||
2012–2015 | Adelaide United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Campbelltown City | 14 | (1) |
2013–2015[3][4] | Adelaide United | 47 | (8) |
2015–2022 | Midtjylland | 108 | (16) |
2016–2017 | → Esbjerg fB (loan) | 25 | (4) |
2017–2018 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2022 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Cádiz | 5 | (0) |
2023 | → Sparta Prague (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2023– | Grasshoppers | 12 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Australia U20 | 9 | (4) |
2015 | Australia U23 | 6 | (0) |
2018– | Australia | 32 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023 |
Mabil played youth soccer 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.
He is co-founder of the humanitarian charity Barefoot to Boots, which aims to improve health, education, and gender equality among refugees, as well as equipping young refugees with sports equipment. In January 2023 he was named Young Australian of the Year.