Muhammed Usman Edu

Yusuf Mohammed Usman Edu[1] (born 2 March 1994) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Bnei Reineh.

Muhammed Usman
Usman at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Usman [1]
Date of birth (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 Ranchers Bees
2013–2016 Taraba
2016–2017 União Madeira 0 (0)
2018–2019 Sarpsborg 08 11 (1)
2019 Pyunik 13 (2)
2019 Tambov 1 (0)
2020 Shakhter Karagandy 18 (1)
2021–2022 Hapoel Hadera 37 (1)
2022–2023 Sektzia Ness Ziona 27 (1)
2023– Maccabi Bnei Reineh 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Nigeria U23 3 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:57, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Career

International

On 22 May, 2018 GOtvMaxCup match played on Tuesday, the Super Eagles were beaten 3-2 by Europa League winners Atletico Madrid, but Usman Mohammed a name to remember from the encounter. The triple shimmy combined with a neat step-over had Javi Montero twisted and confused, which created the opening, in which Mohammed calmly rolled in the ball for the Eagles’ equaliser in the 80th minute.

Club

Usman started his professional career in Nigeria with Kaduna-based club Ranchers Bees. After a year, he left and joined Taraba whom he later helped to the gain promotion to the Nigerian Premier League. Usman was later named the captain of the club at 18, which made him the youngest captain in the league.

On 1 June 2019, FC Pyunik announced that they had released Usman by mutual consent.[2]

He was released by Russian club FC Tambov in December 2019.[3]

Honours

Nigeria U23

References
  1. "Mohammed Usman".
  2. "6 ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացան Փյունիկից". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. "Павел Худяков: об итогах года, о межсезонье и трансферах" (in Russian). FC Tambov. 1 January 2020.
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