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Som谩lia joins al-Shabab - the football club

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Brazilian midfielder Wergiton Do Rosario Calmon, known as Somalia, poses during his official presentation at the municipal stadium in Toulouse, 11 August 2015Image source, Getty Images
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Brazilian midfielder Som谩lia is joining Saudi football club al-Shabab

Som谩lia has joined al-Shabab - but not in the way you might think.

Wergiton do Rosario Calmon, better known as Som谩lia, has spent the past three years with France's Toulouse FC.

But the 29-year-old Brazilian has now signed with Saudi football team Al-Shabab FC.

While al-Shabab, meaning youths, is a harmless enough name in Arabic, social media users were quick to pick up on the names' echoes of the jihadist group fighting in east Africa.

The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab has fought Somalia's UN-backed government for much of the past decade and has carried out a string of attacks across the region.

Toulouse FC announced the move on Thursday and thanked Somalia "for his professionalism".

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The Brazilian player is headed to Riyadh on a two-year contract.