Of Somali and Yemeni descent Abdulla moved to Enfield, London aged eight.

[3] Having previously played for Arsenal's youth team Abdulla joined West Ham as a sixteen-year-old in 2008.

[7] On his return to West Ham he was released by the club but signed a permanent short-term deal, until the end of the 2011–12 season, with Dagenham in March 2012.

[13] Abdulla played in pre-season friendlies for Barnet in 2014–15 but instead joined Whitehawk,[14] followed by a year at Staines Town.

[25] Abdulla re-joined Whitehawk in December 2019,[26] but left the club after the end of the curtailed 2020–2021 season.

[33] In July 2023, Abdulla was appointed by Castellón as assistant to new head coach Dick Schreuder, who was his manager at Barnet.