Aminu Umar
![]() Umar at the 2016 Olympics | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aminu Umar | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Abuja, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
Number | 50 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Wikki Tourists | 10 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Samsunspor | 45 | (8) |
2015–2019 | Osmanlıspor | 101 | (22) |
2018–2019 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 31 | (6) |
2019– | Çaykur Rizespor | 36 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | Nigeria U20 | 16 | (6) |
2016– | Nigeria | 4 | (0) |
Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:28, 20 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2016 |
Aminu Umar (born 6 March 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Çaykur Rizespor and the Nigeria national football team.
Club career[]
Wikki Tourists[]
In 2012–2013 season Umar scored one league goal for Wikki Tourists in the Nigeria Premier League the top league of Nigerian football.[2][3]
Samsunspor[]
Umar joined Turkish club Samsunspor from Wikki Tourists in the 2013 summer transfer season at age 18.[4] He scored four league goals in his first season and established himself as the club's preferred striker in place of his compatriot Ekigho Ehiosun.[5][6]
International career[]
Umar has played for the Nigeria national under-20 football team. He was the leading scorer in the 2013 African youth championship with four goals and scored twice at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Turkey.[7] He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] Umar scored the second goal against Denmark that send Nigeria to the semi-final of Rio 2016 Olympic games.
Honours[]
Nigeria U23
References[]
- ^ Aminu Umar Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ THE NIGERIA U-20 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM. westafricanfootball.com (27 May 2012)
- ^ Akpayen, George (30 April 2012). "Goal king race tied as Ofoedu hits nine". SuperSport.
- ^ "Umar Samsun'da Mutlu" (in Turkish). Haber Gazetesi. 10 July 2013.
- ^ Wejinya, Sammy (13 January 2014). "Aminu continues to impress at Samsunspor". SuperSport.
- ^ "Umar Işıldıyor, Ekigho Hırs Küpü" (in Turkish). Samsun Haber. 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Samsunspor unveil Umar Aminu Thursday". MTN Football. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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