Alhaji Mohammed (born October 29, 1981) is an American-born Ghanaian former basketball player. A four-year college basketball player for Louisville, he started his 17-year long professional career in 2004.
From 2008 to 2010, Mohammed played with Limoges CSP of the French LNB Pro A and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame.[1]
For the 2014–15 season he chose to stay with his Romanian team Asesoft Ploiești.[2] On February 13, he left the club by mutual agreement, making him a free agent.[3] On February 26, 2015, he signed with SLUC Nancy Basket for the rest of the season.[4]
On September 22, 2015, he signed with Sigal Prishtina.[5] On November 17, 2015, he left Prishtina and moved to the Romanian club BC Mureș.[6] On February 3, 2017, he left Mureș and signed with Hungarian club Alba Fehérvár.[7]
In February, Mohammed signed in Tunisia with US Monastir.[8] With Monastir, he was to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League. However, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Mohammed never joined Monastir.
In October 2021, he retired from basketball after making the announcement at his 40th birthday.[9]
Alhaji is one of 11 children born to parents Ayisha Ali and Alhaji T. Mohammed. His brother Nazr Mohammed is a famous player in the NBA for more the 15 years. In 2000 his dad was killed in his auto parts store in Chicago.[10] On Alhaji right arm, he has tattooed the image of his father with the words "Flesh of my flesh/Blood of my blood" as a sign of love, respect and appreciation.