Jabir Abdihakim Ali has completed a move from Swedish side Östersunds FK to Finnish club Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) on a free transfer, signing a contract running from 2026-03-02 to 2028-12-31. The 27-year-old centre-forward leaves Sweden’s Superettan for Finland’s Veikkausliiga with a current market value listed at €225k.
The deal sees VPS acquire a tall attacking option for the top flight in Finland without paying a fee, after Ali’s spell at Östersund. The transfer shifts him from the Swedish second tier to the Finnish first division, confirming a new chapter abroad for the Sweden/Somalia dual-national forward.
Ali arrives in Vaasa having most recently been on the books at Östersunds FK, where he moved after a short period as a free agent following his departure from Västerås SK. Before Östersund, his career took him through multiple Swedish clubs, as well as a loan stint in Norway, giving him experience across different Nordic competitions.
The 2.02 m attacker has built his reputation primarily as a classic centre-forward. According to his profile, centre-forward is his main position, and there is no indication in the provided data that he has been regularly deployed elsewhere, underscoring the profile of a specialist number nine. His market value has fluctuated in recent seasons, peaking at €400k during his time at Västerås SK before settling at €225k with Östersund, the same valuation he carries into his move to VPS.
Ali’s club journey reflects steady progression through Scandinavian football. Starting out at Husby FF, he moved to FC Stockholm Internazionale and then to Huddinge IF, Hanvikens SK and Sollentuna FK before stepping up to Sandvikens IF in 2022. A subsequent transfer to Västerås SK in early 2023 marked his entry into a more prominent stage, followed by a loan move to Lillestrøm SK in Norway’s top flight. After returning from that loan, he eventually left Västerås SK to become a free agent, then signed for Östersunds FK and now moves on to VPS.
The Norway spell with Lillestrøm SK introduced Ali to football outside Sweden, and this new transfer to Finland’s Veikkausliiga continues that cross-border trajectory. With VPS competing in Finland’s top division, the move positions him to test himself in another Nordic league environment, after previously featuring in Sweden’s domestic ladder and Norway’s Eliteserien via loan.
Born on 20 Feb 1999 and holding both Swedish and Somali nationality, Ali’s career so far has been entirely within Scandinavian club football, and this switch indicates that pattern will continue for the foreseeable future. There is no national-team data in the information provided, and no recorded statistics on appearances, goals, or recent match performances for the current or past seasons, so his exact on-pitch output at Östersund or elsewhere cannot be detailed from the data available.
VPS, who compete in the Veikkausliiga, gain a physically imposing forward at no transfer cost, while Östersund lose a player whose value had stabilized at mid six-figure euro levels in recent assessments. The contractual terms beyond the start and end dates are not disclosed in the data, including wages or any bonuses.
No information is provided on media reaction, supporter sentiment, or wider commentary in Sweden, Somalia, or Finland, so the public response to this move cannot be reliably described. Likewise, without match-by-match records, it is not possible to highlight a specific recent game, scoreline, or contribution.
What is clear from the data is that Ali continues an upwardly mobile, regionally focused career path: from lower-tier Swedish clubs through Superettan and a Norwegian loan, and now into the Finnish Veikkausliiga with VPS. With a confirmed contract in place from 2026-03-02 to 2028-12-31, the coming seasons in Finland will define how far his physical profile and centre-forward specialization can take him in Nordic top-flight football.
