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Ayub Daud (born February 24, 1990 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

) is a Somali

Somali people

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 footballer who plays as a forward/attacking midfielder for Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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Club career

Juventus

Born in Somalia

Somalia

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, Daud moved to Cuneo

Cuneo

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, Italy

Italy

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 with his family at the age of five. The son of Daud Hussein, a former member of the Somalia national football team

Somalia national football team

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, he joined the Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 youth sector in 2000 and made his debut with the Primavera (Under-20) squad in the 2007–08 season.

Daud was part of the Juventus squad in the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio

Torneo di Viareggio

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, where he was praised as one of the best footballers of the tournament. He also managed to score eight goals, thus being named top scorer for this season's Torneo di Viareggio. On March 14, 2009 he made his first team debut with Juventus, replacing Sebastian Giovinco

Sebastian Giovinco

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 during the final minutes of a Serie A

Serie A

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 4–1 win over. He is considered to be one of the brightest young talents in football and, although still 21, has earned praise from Arsene Wenger and several other coaches. He is being tracked by Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester united, Bayern Munchen and a host of other clubs. Bologna

Bologna F.C. 1909

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On 6 August 2009, Daud left Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 and joined FC Crotone on a loan. However, the youngster endured a difficult time at the southern Italian club, and subsequently returned to Juventus in January of the following year. He was then loaned out to Serie C1

Serie C1

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 club Lumezzane.

On 25 January 2011 he left for A.S. Gubbio 1910

A.S. Gubbio 1910

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