Abubakar Bello-Osagie

Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born 11 August 1988), commonly known as Abubakar or Abu, is a Nigerian football striker, who currently plays for Marsaskala in Malta.

Abu
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)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Marsaskala
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– Marsaskala 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

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
  1. "Elenco Atual" (in Portuguese). Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama official website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  2. "Vasco contrata o nigeriano Abubakar" (in Portuguese). Extra Online. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  3. "Pressionado, Vasco tenta se recuperar no BR-08 diante do Goiás" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  4. "Atlético-PR e Vasco jogam por seus técnicos e para fugir da crise" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  5. "Caxias contrata ex-colorado Abu e ex-gremista Marcelinho" (in Portuguese). clicRBS. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  6. "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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