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{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Mohammed Abdellaoue
| image               = Mohammed abdellaoue.jpg
| caption             = Abdellaoue with [[VfB Stuttgart]] in 2013
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Oslo]], Norway
| height              = 1.82m
| currentclub         =
| clubnumber          =
| position            = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1         = 1997–2000   | youthclubs1 = [[Hasle-Løren IL|Hasle-Løren]]
| youthyears2         = 2001–2003   | youthclubs2 = [[Skeid Fotball|Skeid]]
| years1              = 2003–2007   | clubs1 = [[Skeid Fotball|Skeid]]                   | caps1 = 86   | goals1 = 40
| years2              = 2008–2010   | clubs2 = [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]           | caps2 = 67   | goals2 = 30
| years3              = 2010–2013   | clubs3 = [[Hannover 96]]                           | caps3 = 80   | goals3 = 29
| years4              = 2013–2015   | clubs4 = [[VfB Stuttgart]]                         | caps4 = 12   | goals4 = 1
| years5              = 2015–2017   | clubs5 = [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]           | caps5 = 34   | goals5 = 9
| totalcaps = 279
| totalgoals = 109
| nationalyears1      = 2003        | nationalteam1 = Norway U18 | nationalcaps1 = 6     | nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2      = 2004        | nationalteam2 = [[Norway national under-19 football team|Norway U19]]     | nationalcaps2 = 1     | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3      = 2005        | nationalteam3 = [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21]]     | nationalcaps3 = 1     | nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4      = 2008–2017   | nationalteam4 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]]                  | nationalcaps4 = 33    | nationalgoals4 = 7
}}
'''Mohammed''' "'''Moa'''" '''Abdellaoue''' ({{langx|ar|محمد عبد اللاوي}}; born 23 October 1985) is a Norwegian former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He started his career with [[Skeid Fotball|Skeid]] and [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]] before moving to Germany where he played for [[Hannover 96]] and [[VfB Stuttgart]]. After returning to Vålerenga he ended his career due to knee problems. At international level, Abdellaoue represented the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]]. 

==Club career==

===Early career===
Abdellaoue was born in [[Oslo]] and played for [[Hasle-Løren IL|Hasle-Løren]] and [[Skeid Fotball|Skeid]] as a youth player. Before joining Skeid's first team squad in 2003 he had to have corrective surgery to his left foot due to the fact he was born with only four toes, something which was never a hindrance before top flight football. He made his debut on 9 June 2003, when he came on as a substitute against [[IL Hødd|Hødd]]. In his fourth game of the season, he scored his first two goals in a 2–1 win over [[Raufoss IL|Raufoss]]. Abdellaoue scored a total of 42 league goals for Skeid in five seasons, and was their top scorer in 2004 and 2007. He appeared once for the [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norwegian under-21 team]], six times for the under-18 team and once for under-19 team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=2531473 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527132034/http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=2531473 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2011 |title=Mohammed Abdellaoue – national team appearances |access-date= 10 January 2009 |work=[[Football Association of Norway]] | language = no}}</ref>

===Vålerenga===
At the end of the 2007 season, he signed a three-year contract with [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]], transferring to his new club on 15 November. During his first season, he became the club's top goalscorer in the league with nine goals in 23 appearances, including a hat-trick of penalties in one game, earning him his debut for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]] against the Republic of Ireland. Abdellaoue scored six goals in the [[Norwegian Football Cup 2008|2008 Norwegian Cup]], including two goals in the final itself, in which Vålerenga defeated [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]] 4–1 to become Norwegian cup champions.

===Hannover 96===
[[File:2012-08 Moa fans.jpg|thumb|left|222px|Mohammed Abdellaoue signing autographs for fans in 2012.]]
On 17 August 2010, Vålerenga and [[Hannover 96]] reported on their official websites that Abdellaoue would be joining the Bundesliga club on a four-year contract, and it was reported that the transfer fee was around [[€]]1.2–1.4 million. He made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–1 home win against [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] on 21 August 2010, and he scored his first Bundesliga goal on 28 August 2010 against [[Schalke 04]] in a 2–1 away win. The following match against [[Bayer Leverkusen]] he scored his first goal at home as Hannover 96 failed to secure a safe win having gone 2–0 up.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hannover96.de/CDA/aktuelles/news/detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=50042&cHash=d1636ec9c8 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100820114154/http://www.hannover96.de/CDA/aktuelles/news/detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=50042&cHash=d1636ec9c8 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 August 2010 | title = "Moa"-Transfer perfekt | publisher = Hanover 96 | language = de | date = 18 August 2010 | access-date = 29 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vif-fotball.no/article2963949.ece | title = Moa til Bundesliga | language = no | publisher = vif-fotball.no | date = 17 August 2010 | access-date = 29 October 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724042919/http://www.vif-fotball.no/article2963949.ece | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
And in the next match he scored his third goal of the season in a 4–1 home win – making it the result. And then in the next game against [[1. FC Kaiserslautern|Kaiserslautern]] he also scored the only goal of the match. He scored a total of 10 goal in his first season for the German side. In his second Bundesliga season, "Moa" notched up seven goals in seven games. His consistent performances attracted interest from bigger clubs, most notably Bayern Munich.

In the opening match of the [[2011–12 Bundesliga]] season, he scored a goal against 1899 Hoffenheim at the 30th minute. He scored his first hat-trick in the Hannover jersey versus [[Werder Bremen]] on 2 October in a game they won 3–2.

Abdellaoue was troubled with injuries during the [[2012–13 Bundesliga]] season, but managed to score eight goals in the league. He made a total of 80 appearances for Hannover in the Bundesliga, scoring 29 goals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/moa-offisielt-klar-for-stuttgart-4063865.html |language=no |title=Moa offisielt klar for Stuttgart |publisher=TV 2 |first=John Chr |last=Lundstadsveen |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref>

===VfB Stuttgart===
On 11 June 2013, Abdellaoue signed a four-year deal with [[VfB Stuttgart]],<ref>{{cite web|title=VfB sign Mohammed Abdellaoue|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2013/transfer-mohammed-abdellaoue/page/2339-1-1-.html|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|access-date=11 June 2013|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> and it was reported that the transfer fee was around [[€]]4 million. He made his debut for his new team in the qualifying match for the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]] against [[Botev Plovdiv]] on 1 August 2013 when he came on as a substitute in the 88th minute.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/08/01/sport/fotball/mohammed_abdellaoue/tom_hogli/europa_league/28493291/ |language=no |title=Moa fikk spille to minutter i Stuttgart-debuten |newspaper=Dagbladet |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> Abdellaoue scored his first goal for Stuttgart in the 1–2 loss against [[Mainz 05]] on 25 January 2014, which also was the first match he started for Stuttgart. That goal ended a 274 days goal-drought, as he had not scored a goal in the Bundesliga since 26 April 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/ligaer/tyskland/artikkel.php?artid=10121042 |language=no |title=Her scorer Moa for første gang på 274 dager |newspaper=Verdens Gang |first=Fredrik |last=Saltbones |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> He was sent to the [[VfB Stuttgart II|reserve team]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Abdellaoue bekommt Spielpraxis in der VfB-Zweiten|url=https://www.kicker.de/abdellaoue-bekommt-spielpraxis-in-der-vfb-zweiten-621909/artikel|access-date=3 March 2015|publisher=kicker|date=26 February 2015}}</ref> and started in the 2–0 win against [[1. FSV Mainz 05 II]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Breier: Spielverderber bei Schwarz´ Heimpremiere|url=https://www.kicker.de/mainz--ii-gegen-vfb-ii-2015-liga-2411657/analyse|access-date=3 March 2015|publisher=kicker|date=28 February 2015|language=de}}</ref>

===Vålerenga===
Abdellaoue signed a contract with his former club [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]] on 7 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2015/transfer-mohammed-abdellaoue/page/3844-1-1-.html|title=Move to Norway|work=vfb.de|publisher=[[VfB Stuttgart]]|date=7 August 2015|access-date=7 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116220546/http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2015/transfer-mohammed-abdellaoue/page/3844-1-1-.html|archive-date=16 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vif-fotball.no/news/article/1v4d2lfrgujhm1cmjaq6vd7wtd/title/moa-er-tilbake-i-valerenga | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150810003821/http://www.vif-fotball.no/news/article/1v4d2lfrgujhm1cmjaq6vd7wtd/title/moa-er-tilbake-i-valerenga | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 August 2015 | title = Moa er tilbake i Vålerenga | date = 7 August 2015 | access-date = 7 August 2015 | work = vif-fotball.no | publisher = Vålerenga | language = no }}</ref> In December 2017 he retired from football due to injuries.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sollie|first1=Reidar|title=Moa fikk beskjed fra legene: Legg opp|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/moa-fikk-beskjed-fra-legene-legg-opp-1.1067887|access-date=4 February 2018|work=[[Dagsavisen]]|date=7 December 2017|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Behrens|first1=Marvin|title=Das Knie: Mohammed Abdellaoue muss seine Karriere beenden|url=http://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/ex-hannover-96-sturmer-mohammed-abdellaoue-karriereende-mit-32/|access-date=4 February 2018|work=Sportbuzzer|date=8 December 2017|language=de}}</ref>

==International career==
Abdellaoue made his debut for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]] on 20 August 2008, in a friendly against [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]]. His first goal came in his seventh match; a [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]] match against [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]. In the friendly match against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] on 29 February 2012, Abdellaoue was the captain of Norway in the absence of the regular captain [[Brede Hangeland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10053064 |language=no |title=Moa kaptein for Norge |work=vg.no |publisher=[[Verdens Gang]] |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> Moa was awarded the [[Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch|Gold Watch]] after his 25th cap against [[Albania national football team|Albania]] in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/norsk/landslaget/artikkel.php?artid=10101714 |language=no |title=Nordtveit: - Det advares alltid mot Moa |publisher=Verdens Gang |first=Stein-Erik |last=Stormoen |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref>

===International goals===
[[File:Mohammed Abdellaoue 02.jpg|thumb|Abdellaoue during his time at [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]]]
:Source:<ref name="Søfting">{{cite web |last=Søfting |first=Thomas |title=Mohammed Abdellaoue |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/moa.html |work=home.no/greenriver |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 3 September 2010 || [[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]] || {{fb|ISL}} || 1–2 || Win || [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H#Iceland v Norway|Euro 2012 Qualifier]]
|-
| 2 || 12 October 2010 || [[Stadion Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]] || {{fb|CRO}} || 2–1 || Loss || |[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 3 ||rowspan=2| 10 August 2011 ||rowspan=2| [[Ullevaal Stadion]], [[Oslo]] ||rowspan=2| {{fb|CZE}} ||rowspan=2| 3–0 ||rowspan=2| Win ||rowspan=2| [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 4
|-
| 5 || 2 September 2011 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo || {{fb|ISL}} || 1–0 || Win || [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H#Norway v Iceland|Euro 2012 Qualifier]]
|-
| 6 || 14 November 2012 || [[Ferenc Puskás Stadium (1953)|Ferenc Puskás Stadium]], [[Budapest]] || {{fb|HUN}} || 2–0 || Win || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 7 || 14 August 2013 || [[Friends Arena]], [[Solna]] || {{fb|SWE}} || 2–4 || Loss || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Career statistics==
Source:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2013-14/33197/vereinsspieler_mohammed-abdellaoue.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014842/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2013-14/33197/vereinsspieler_mohammed-abdellaoue.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 October 2013 | title = Abdellaoue, Mohammed | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 26 April 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Cup
!colspan=2|Europe
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Skeid Fotball|Skeid]]
|[[2003 Norwegian First Division|2003]]
|rowspan=3|[[Norwegian First Division|1. divisjon]]
|6||5||2||0||colspan=2|—||8||5
|-
|[[2004 Norwegian First Division|2004]]
|22||11||2||3||colspan=2|—||24||14
|-
|[[2005 Norwegian First Division|2005]]
|20||5||0||0||colspan=2|—||20||5
|-
|[[2006 2. divisjon|2006]]
|[[2. divisjon]]
|18||10||1||1||colspan=2|—||19||11
|-
|[[2007 Norwegian First Division|2007]]
|1. Divisjon
|20||9||3||2||colspan=2|—||23||11
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!86!!40!!8!!6!!0!!0!!94!!46
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]
|[[2008 Tippeligaen|2008]]
|rowspan=3|[[Tippeligaen]]
|23||9||6||7||colspan=2|—||29||16
|-
|[[2009 Tippeligaen|2009]]
|24||6||3||3||2||0||29||9
|-
|[[2010 Tippeligaen|2010]]
|20||15||1||1||colspan=2|—||21||16
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!67!!30!!10!!11!!2!!0!!79!!41
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Hannover 96]]
|[[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]]
|rowspan=3|[[Bundesliga]]
|26||10||0||0||colspan=2|—||26||10
|-
|[[2011–12 Bundesliga|2011–12]]
|28||11||2||2||12||3||42||16
|-
|[[2012–13 Bundesliga|2012–13]]
|26||8||1||0||8||1||35||9
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!80!!29!!3!!2!!20!!4!!103!!35
|-
|rowspan=3|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[2013–14 Bundesliga|2013–14]]
|rowspan=2|Bundesliga
|12||1||2||0||4||0||18||1
|-
|[[2014–15 Bundesliga|2014–15]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!12!!1!!2!!0!!4!!0!!18!!1
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]]
|[[2015 Tippeligaen|2015]]
|rowspan=3|Tippeligaen
|4||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||4||1
|-
|[[2016 Tippeligaen|2016]]
|18||6||1||0||colspan=2|—||19||6
|-
|[[2017 Eliteserien|2017]]
|12||2||0||0||colspan=2|—||12||2
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!34!!9!!1!!0!!0!!0!!35!!9
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!279!!109!!24!!19!!26!!4!!329!!132
|}

==Honours==
'''Vålerenga'''
* [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2008 Norwegian Football Cup|2008]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Kniksen Award|Kniksen of the Year]]: 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toppfotball.no/kniksen-price/article/hstb2msjb5a81r20knpwd35oz/title/kniksenprisen |title=Kniksenprisen &#124; Norsk Toppfotball |access-date=2015-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627093824/http://www.toppfotball.no/kniksen-price/article/hstb2msjb5a81r20knpwd35oz/title/kniksenprisen |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2020 he became an employee—a ''[[miljølærer]]''—at a school in [[Grorud Valley]] in Oslo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/moa-droppar-lukrative-jobbar-for-a-arbeide-med-barn_-_-eg-kunne-tent-meir-pengar-1.15198388|title = Moa droppar lukrative jobbar for å arbeide med barn: – Eg kunne tent meir pengar|date = 15 October 2020}}</ref> He was raised in the [[Sinsen]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/moa-droppar-lukrative-jobbar-for-a-arbeide-med-barn_-_-eg-kunne-tent-meir-pengar-1.15198388|title = Moa droppar lukrative jobbar for å arbeide med barn: – Eg kunne tent meir pengar|date = 15 October 2020}}</ref>

His younger brother striker [[Mustafa Abdellaoue]], known as "Mos", is also a professional footballer who plays as a striker.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Fussballdaten|abdellaouemohammed|Mohammed Abdellaoue}}

{{Kniksen of the Year}}

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