Abubakar Bello-Osagie

Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988),[1] commonly known as Abubakar or Abu,[2] is a Nigerian football striker[3] who currently plays for Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League.

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Personal information
Full name Abubakar Bello-Osagie
Date of birth (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive and offensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sliema Wanderers
Number 11
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)
2013–2016 Sliema Wanderers 34 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 of may 2013

Career

Born in Benin City, Edo State,[1] in 2005, he left Bendel Insurance of his home city of Benin, and joined River Plate in Argentina.[4] 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.[3] 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.[5] On 17 July 2008, he stayed on the bench for the first time, against Goiás,[6] playing his first professional league match as a Vasco player on 20 July 2008,[7] when his club was defeated by Atlético-PR 3–1 at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[8] He played four Série A matches in 2008, without scoring a goal.[9] Abu signed on 29 April 2009 for Caxias.[10] In the summer of 2010 Abu signed for Qormi in the Maltese Premier Division, where he has enjoyed a very successful spell and achieved a several accolades, such as 'Player of the Month'.[11]

References
  1. "Abubakar Bello-Osagie" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  2. "Vasco anuncia a contratação de atacante nigeriano de 19 anos" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  3. "Conheça Abu, o novo atacante nigeriano do Inter" (in Portuguese). Sport Club Internacional official website. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  4. "Elenco Atual" (in Portuguese). Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama official website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  5. "Vasco contrata o nigeriano Abubakar" (in Portuguese). Extra Online. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  6. "Pressionado, Vasco tenta se recuperar no BR-08 diante do Goiás" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  7. "Atlético-PR e Vasco jogam por seus técnicos e para fugir da crise" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  8. "Ficha técnica: Atlético-PR 3 x 1 Vasco" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  9. "Abu" (in Portuguese). Yahoo! Brasil Esportes. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  10. "Caxias contrata ex-colorado Abu e ex-gremista Marcelinho" (in Portuguese). clicRBS. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  11. "Qormi forward Abubakar Bello-Osagie is the BOV Player of the Month for October 2010". 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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