King Moses Osanga (born 6 October 1990[2]) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career

Osanga was born in Jos, Nigeria.[3] He began his career in the youth side of Akwa United F.C.,[4] who were in 2007 promoted to the Nigeria Premier League.[5]

On 28 July 2009, Osanga joined league rivals Heartland F.C.[6] and returned after the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup to Heartland to play in the 2009 CAF Champions League final against TP Mazembe.[7] Despite losing the Final on away goals, he received the Pepsi MVP Award.[8]

In late November 2009 he was linked with a move to Tunisian club Étoile Sportive du Sahel, where he signed on 4 March 2010.[9] After nine months, he left Etoile[10] and signed for Libyan club Al-Ahly Benghazi, but after the 2011 Libyan civil war began he was loaned to Kaduna United F.C.[11]

Osanga moved to Europe, playing for White Star Bruxelles in the Belgian Second Division. He signed with French side Sochaux in early 2012.[12]

He returned to Nigeria and played for Ifeanyi Ubah of Nnewi before moving to Plateau in October 2017.[13]

International career

He was member of the Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea[14] and the Nigeria national under-20 football team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[15] He was called up to the senior team for the first time in August 2010 for a friendly in South Korea.

Honours

  • 2009: Pepsi MVP Award CAF Champions League

References

  1. ^ "King Osanga _ Nigeria". Football-lineups.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. ^ "King OSANGA". Goalzz.com. 6 October 1990. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Dailymotion – Osanga King In Just Pass The Ball". Dailymotion.pl. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. ^ "FIFA.com – Der "King" lebt". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Player's Profile: King Osanga". Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Heartland Sign Youth International Osanga King For CAF Champions League". Goal.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Channels TV News : Winger King Osanga Back to Club". Channelstv.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. ^ [1] [permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "[Exclusif Power-ess] King Osanga signe pour 4 ans à l'ESS. - Etoile Sportive du Sahel - POWER ESS". Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  10. ^ "2009 CAF Champions League – King Osanga Player Profile". Championsleague.mtnfootball.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Kaduna United in Abeokuta for Etoile – SuperSport – Football". SuperSport. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Osanga rejoint Sochaux". L'Equipe (in French). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Osanga eyes 'lot of trophies' with Plateau United". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  14. ^ "FIFA.com – FIFA Spielerstatistik King OSANGA". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Fifa.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Osanga
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