Fuad Ibrahim

Abdusalam Abas " Fuad " Ibrahim (born 15 August 1991, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia ) is an Ethiopian- American football player.

Ibrahim began at the age of five years in Ethiopia to play football before he emigrated over Kenya in 2003 together with other family members to Richfield, Minnesota in the United States. In 2005, he led the Richfield High School to the title in the Classic Suburban Conference.

In the same year Ibrahim was first appointed to the U - 15 national team of the United States. In 2006 he joined one of the youngest players in the training program of the U - 17 national team to Bradenton and later took part in the U -17 World Cup 2007, where he retired with the United States in the second round against Germany. In the MLS Draft 2007 Ibrahim (a total of 14 position) selected in the second round in first place from FC Dallas. At 15, he was the second youngest player after Freddy Adu, who took part depending on the MLS Draft. As a player of Generation Adidas, he was a sponsored by Adidas and is endowed with an annual $ 100,000 five-year contract. After he did not play in Dallas, he moved in June 2008 to Toronto. On 12 July 2008, he graduated from the Chicago Fire SC his first professional game in which he also scored his first goal.

In early 2009 announced Ibrahim, wishing to be designated in the future as Fuad Ibrahim after his far more common first name " Abdus " has led to confusion with his birth name " Abdusalam ". 2012 Ibrahim debuted in the Ethiopian national team and was appointed to the squad for the African Cup of Nations 2013.