Abubakar Bello-Osagie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abubakar Bello-Osagie | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Marsaskala | ||
Youth career | |||
–2005 | Bendel Insurance | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | River Plate | 5 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Internacional | 4 | (1) |
2008 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Caxias | 9 | (2) |
2010–2013 | Qormi | 63 | (20) |
2013 | → Valletta (loan) | 9 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Sliema Wanderers | 13 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Victoria Hotspurs | ||
2015 | Pembroke Athleta | 11 | (6) |
2015–2016 | Senglea Athletic | 11 | (1) |
2016–2019 | Lija Athletic | 55 | (17) |
2020 | Naxxar Lions | 6 | (3) |
2020– | Marsaskala | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC) |
Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988), commonly known as Abubakar or Abu, is a Nigerian football striker, who plays for Marsaskala in Malta.
Career
Born in Benin City, Edo State, in 2005, he left Bendel Insurance of his home city of Benin, and joined River Plate in Argentina.[1] After four months playing for the club from Buenos Aires, Abubakar joined Brazilian club Internacional in 2006, through Argentine entrepreneur Marcelo Housemann, playing for the club's B team. At Internacional he was teammates with Alexandre Pato and Luis Adriano. His performances with the B-Team were good, scoring a few goals in the Second Division, but he only managed a few first team appearances.
Bello-Osagie joined Rio de Janeiro-based club Vasco in December 2007, after being scouted by the former footballer Bismarck.[2] On 17 July 2008, he stayed on the bench for the first time, against Goiás,[3] playing his first professional league match as a Vasco player on 20 July 2008,[4] when his club was defeated by Atlético-PR 3–1 at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He played four Série A matches in 2008, without scoring a goal. Abu signed on 29 April 2009 for Caxias.[5] In the summer of 2010 Abu signed for Qormi in the Maltese Premier Division, where he has enjoyed a very successful spell and achieved several accolades, such as 'Player of the Month'.[6]
References
- ^ "Elenco Atual" (in Portuguese). Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama official website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ "Vasco contrata o nigeriano Abubakar" (in Portuguese). Extra Online. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ "Pressionado, Vasco tenta se recuperar no BR-08 diante do Goiás" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ^ "Atlético-PR e Vasco jogam por seus técnicos e para fugir da crise" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ^ "Caxias contrata ex-colorado Abu e ex-gremista Marcelinho" (in Portuguese). clicRBS. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ "Qormi forward Abubakar Bello-Osagie is the BOV Player of the Month for October 2010". 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
- Abubakar Bello-Osagie at MFA
- CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- EngvarB from August 2014
- Use dmy dates from August 2014
- Articles without Wikidata item
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Sportspeople from Benin City
- Bendel Insurance F.C. players
- Sport Club Internacional players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
- Qormi F.C. players
- Valletta F.C. players
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Victoria Hotspurs F.C. players
- Pembroke Athleta F.C. players
- Senglea Athletic F.C. players
- Lija Athletic F.C. players
- Naxxar Lions F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Malta
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Association football midfielders