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Abubakar Bello-Osagie
Nigerian footballer (born 1988)
Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988), commonly known as Abubakar or Abu, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Marsaskala in Malta.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abubakar Bello-Osagie | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2005 | 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) |
| 2020–2022 | Marsaskala | 12 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
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]
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 enjoyed a very successful spell and achieved several accolades, such as 'Player of the Month'.[6] He played for various clubs in Malta from 2010, before leaving Marsaskala in 2022.[7]
- "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. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. 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.
- Felipe, Matheus (26 February 2023). "Nigeriano no Vasco teve o azar de ser rebaixado". Revista Vascaína (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Abubakar Bello-Osagie at MFA