Abubakar Bello-Osagie

Abu
Personal information
Full name	Abubakar Bello-Osagie
Date of birth	11 August 1988 (age 36)
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
2005–2006	River Plate
2006–2007	Internacional
2008	Vasco da Gama
2009–2010	Caxias
2010–2013	Qormi
2013	→ Valletta (loan)
2013–2014	Sliema Wanderers
2014–2015	Victoria Hotspurs
2015	Pembroke Athleta
2015–2016	Senglea Athletic
2016–2019	Lija Athletic
2020	Naxxar Lions
2020–2022	Marsaskala
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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.

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]

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]

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. 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.

External links

Abubakar Bello-Osagie at MFA

[clubderegatasvascodagamapage-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.

[extraonline-2] "Vasco contrata o nigeriano Abubakar" (in Portuguese). Extra Online. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.

[versusgoiasesporteclube-3] "Pressionado, Vasco tenta se recuperar no BR-08 diante do Goiás" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.

[versusclubeatleticoparanaense-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.

[clicrbs-5] "Caxias contrata ex-colorado Abu e ex-gremista Marcelinho" (in Portuguese). clicRBS. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.

[maltafootball-6] "Qormi forward Abubakar Bello-Osagie is the BOV Player of the Month for October 2010". 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[7] 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.

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