Oscar Bobb

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Oscar Bobb
Personal information
Full name Oscar Bobb[1]
Date of birth (2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 18)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 52
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2015 Lyn
2017–2019 Vålerenga
2019– Manchester City
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Norway U16 12 (1)
2020 Norway U17 1 (0)
2021 Norway U18 9 (3)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2022

Oscar Bobb (born 12 July 2003) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing as a forward for Manchester City.

Early life[]

Born in Oslo, Bobb played for Lyn at youth level. In 2013, he began being linked with Portuguese club Porto, after performing well at a youth tournament in Algarve.[3] Porto reached out to Bobb's mother,  [no], to convince the young footballer to sign with them, even going as far as to pay for the two of them to visit the club in Porto.[3] In October 2015, Gunnes moved to Portugal on her own, before signing documentation in November of the same year for Bobb to be enrolled in the Portuguese Football Federation.[3]

Despite the documentation being rejected by FIFA in January 2016, Bobb and his mother remained in Porto, and in January 2017 he attempted to sign with Escola de Futebol Hernâni Gonçalves.[3] However, FIFA were not convinced that Bobb's mother had moved to Portugal of her own volition, to pursue an acting career, nor that the Escola de Futebol Hernâni Gonçalves were independent from Porto, and refused Bobb an international transfer certificate.[3][4]

The case reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who sided with FIFA, and Bobb was told to return to Norway.[3] He would go on to sign for fellow Oslo-based club Vålerenga.[3]

Club career[]

Bobb joined Premier League side Manchester City in July 2019.[5] In October of the same year, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as the best young talent at Manchester City of his age group.[6]

After a relatively slow start, compared to other youth players brought in at the same time, Bobb cemented his place in Manchester City's under-23 side, notching a number of assists in his first full season.[7] As a reward for his fine form for the reserve side, Bobb was named on the Manchester City bench for the first time, in an FA Cup third round tie against Swindon Town on 7 January 2022, though he did not feature.[8][9]

Style of play[]

Comfortable on the ball, and described by Manchester City as a "incredibly technically gifted midfielder", Bobb has been compared to Argentine football legend Lionel Messi for his style of play.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 7 January 2022.[11]
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City U21 2020–21 — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
2021–22 — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Manchester City 2021–22 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists". premierleague.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Oscar Bobb at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Pereira, Micael; Prado, Miguel; Christiansen, Anders. "Como o FC Porto perdeu o talentoso Oscar Bobb" [How FC Porto lost the talented Oscar Bobb]. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ Brennan, Terence D. (3 June 2020). "Not Exceptional Enough: Oscar Bobb's Uselessly Close Article 19 Case". terryblaw.medium.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Oscar Bobb". mancity.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  6. ^ Christenson, Marcus; Powell, Jim; Blight, Garry (9 October 2019). "Next Generation 2019: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs". theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. ^ Bajkowski, Simon (22 December 2021). "Oscar Bobb is reaping the rewards of Man City step up in summer". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. ^ Wood, Liam (7 January 2022). "Who is Oscar Bobb? Profile on Man City youngster included on bench vs Swindon". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Lyn og VIF-talentet Oscar Bobb på benken til Manchester City" [Lyn and VIF talent Oscar Bobb on the bench for Manchester City]. dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  10. ^ Ould-Saada, Arilas Berg (14 June 2021). "Moren til supertalentet Oscar Bobb ut mot TV 2" [The mother of super-talented Oscar Bobb appeared on TV 2]. vg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022. (subscription required)
  11. ^ Oscar Bobb at Soccerway

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