Awer Mabil

Awer Mabil
Mabil playing for Australia at 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Awer Bul Mabil[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 29)
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)
2016–2017Esbjerg fB (loan) 25 (4)
2017–2018Paços de Ferreira (loan) 26 (2)
2022Kasımpaşa (loan) 11 (2)
2022–2023 Cádiz 5 (0)
2023Sparta Prague (loan) 14 (2)
2023– Grasshoppers 19 (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 23 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023

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.

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.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Australia (AUS)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Awer Mabil - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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  5. ^ Awer Mabil at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2019. Edit this at Wikidata