| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abubakar Bello-Osagie | ||
| Date of birth | August 11, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Qormi | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Bendel Insurance | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | River Plate | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Internacional | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Caxias | 9 | (2) |
| 2010– | Qormi | 27 | (6) |
| Total | 44 | (8) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 25, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Abubakar Bello-Osagie (born on August 11, 1988),[1] commonly known as Abubakar or Abu,[2] is a Nigerian football (soccer) striker[3] who currently plays for Qormi.
Born in Benin City, Edo State,[1] in 2005, he left Bendel Insurance of his home city of Benin,[4] and joined River Plate in Argentina.[5] After four months playing for the club from Buenos Aires, Abubakar joined Brazilian club Internacional in 2006, through Argentine entrepreneur Marcelo Housemann, playing for the club's B team.[3]
Bello-Osagie joined Rio de Janeiro-based club Vasco in December 2007, after being scouted by the former footballer Bismarck.[6] On July 17, 2008, he stayed on the bench for the first time, against Goiás,[7] playing his first professional league match as a Vasco player on July 20, 2008,[8] when his club was defeated by Atlético-PR 3-1 at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[9] He played four Série A matches in 2008, without scoring a goal.[10] Abu signed on April 29, 2009 for Caxias.[11]