Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rahis Qumar Nabi | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Digenis Morphou | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2017 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
2017 | Sunderland [1] | ||
2017–2018 | Burnley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2020 | Alvechurch | 19 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Redditch Utd | 4 | (0) |
2023– | Digenis Morphou | 22 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Pakistan | 16 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Rahis Qumar Nabi ( Urdu: راہس نبی; born 15 April 1999) [2] is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot Second Division club Digenis Akritas Morphou. Born in England, he represents Pakistan internationally.
Nabi played youth football for West Bromwich Albion, and scored in a single youth game for Sunderland on 8 April 2017. [1] In July 2017, after leaving West Brom, he signed a one-year deal at Burnley's development squad. [3]
Nabi later played at senior level for Alvechurch of the seventh tier Southern Football League Central Division, [4] joining the club on 14 December 2018. [5]
On 12 January 2019, Nabi scored his first goal with a free kick in the 44th minute, on a 1–0 home victory at the derby over Halesowen Town. [6] [7] [8] On 21 January 2019, he scored again through a free kick in the 41st minute, on a 2–2 draw against Stratford Town. [9] [10] He was subsequently declared player of the month. [11]
On 27 July 2021, Nabi signed for Redditch United in the same division, after successfully completing his trials. [12] [13]
In July 2023 after a year as a free agent, Rahis trained in Cyprus along with his brother Adil Nabi, a week after he joined the Cypriot First Division club Doxa Katokopias. [14] On 28 August 2023, Rahis Nabi first signed for Eendracht Aalst in the fourth tier Belgian Division 2 on a three-year contract, [15] [16] however the deal collapsed in extremis. [17] On 8 September 2023, Rahis Nabi joined Digenis Akritas Morphou in the Cypriot Second Division. [18]
As a junior, he was a member of the England Under-17 squad. [19]
In May 2019, Nabi and his brother Samir were called up for Pakistan's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Cambodia the following month. [20] He made his debut on 6 June 2019, as a starter in a 0–2 loss. [21] He scored his first international goal on 21 November 2023 against Tajikistan in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. [22]
Rahis Nabi is the youngest of three British Pakistani brothers, Adil Nabi and Samir Nabi, who came through the West Bromwich Albion academy. [23]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Alvechurch | 2018–19 [24] | Southern Football League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
2019–20 [25] | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Redditch United | 2021–22 [25] | Southern Football league | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | ||
Digenis Morphou | 2023–24 [26] | Cypriot Second Division | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
Career total | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Pakistan | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | 10 | 1 | |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 21 November 2023 | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan | ![]() |
1–2 |
1–6 |
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |