Umar Sadiq
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Sadiq at the 2016 Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Umar Sadiq Mesbah | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Bologna (on loan from Roma) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Abuja FC | ||
| 2013–2015 | Spezia | ||
| 2013–2014 | → Lavagnese (loan) | ||
| 2015 | → Roma (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Spezia | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Roma (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2016– | Roma | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Bologna (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | Nigeria U23 | 6 | (4) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2016. | |||
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Umar Sadiq (born 2 February 1997) is a Nigerian football striker who plays for Bologna, on loan from Roma.[1]
Club career
Early career
Born in Kaduna, In 2013, Sadiq joined the "Future of Africa" football academy and the Abuja Football College. He finished as the top scorer at the Croatian Kvarnerska Rivijera youth tournament as his side Abuja Football College won the competition.[2]
Spezia and loans
Also in 2013, soon after the Kvarnerska Rivijera youth tournament, Sadiq signed for Serie B side Spezia who sent him on loan to Serie D club Lavagnese. At Lavagnese he netted 26 goals in 24 matches for the youth team becoming the youth top scorer in Italy.[2]
In June 2015, Sadiq joined Roma on a season-long loan. Having bagged eight goals and three assists in his first four youth matches for Roma, he made his Serie A debut on 21 November 2015 against Bologna, replacing Juan Iturbe after 88 minutes in a 2–2 away draw[2][3] before scoring his first senior goal in the 3–3 draw against Chievo on the 6 January 2016.[4] Towards the end of the season his move to Roma was made permanent for a fee of £2 million.[5] He completed his first season at Roma scoring 2 goals in 6 Serie A appearances.[1]
Roma
On 31 August 2016, Sadiq joined Bologna on a season-long loan deal.[6]
International career
On 25 July 2016, Sadiq was selected by Nigeria for their final 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
He scored Nigeria's Olympic team first goal at Rio and also won a penalty for the team's fourth goal. He also scored the first and only goal of the next match against Sweden.[7] He also scored the first and third goals in the Bronze medal match against Honduras in the same tournament.
Statistics
- As of 14 May 2016[1]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Spezia | 2014–15 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roma | 2015–16 | Serie A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Umar Sadiq. |
- 1 2 3 "Nigeria – S. Umar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- 1 2 3 Mackenzie, Alasdair. "Umar Sadiq: The Arsenal-linked Roma starlet who wants to be the next Kanu". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ↑ "Bologna vs. Roma – 21 November 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ↑ "CHIEVO VS. ROMA 3 – 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ↑ "AS Roma snap up Nigerian duo Umar Sadiq and Nura Abdullahi". goal.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ↑ "Sadiq signs for Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (25 July 2016). "John Mikel Obi named in Nigeria's Olympic squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
- Umar Sadiq profile at Soccerway
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