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Full name | David Oluwaseun Segun Amoo | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Southwark, London, England | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker, Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Bury (on loan from Liverpool) |
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Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2007 | Millwall | ||
2007–2010 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2010– | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011 | → Hull City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2011– | → Bury (loan) | 6 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
David Oluwaseun Segun Amoo (born 13 April 1991 in Southwark, London, England) is an English professional footballer of Nigerian descent, currently playing with Bury, on loan from Liverpool, in the English Premier League. He plays as a striker, an attacking midfielder or right winger.
Amoo represented London as a sprinter in the English Schools National Track and Field Championships.[1]
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Amoo played for Millwall as a youth, leaving at 16 years of age to sign for Liverpool in 2007.[2] He signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool in 2010, having successfully worked his way through the Liverpool Academy and Reserves to train with the first-team at Melwood in 2009.[3] He was also named in Liverpool's 2009–10 UEFA Champions League squad.[4]
Amoo was named in Liverpool's 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round squad for a match on 28 July 2010,[5] and made his debut for the club the following day, starting in a 2–0 away win[6] in a tie against FK Rabotnički at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia.[7]
On 25 January 2011 he joined Milton Keynes Dons on a month loan,[8] and made his Football League debut for the club on the same day as a 65th minute substitute against Leyton Orient.[9]
On 28 February 2011 he joined Hull City on loan until the end of the season.[10] He made his debut coming on as a replacement for Jay Simpson in the 1–0 win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.[11] He scored his first goal for Hull City against Queens Park Rangers on 25 April 2011.[12]
On 23 September 2011, Amoo joined Bury on loan for a month.[13] On 1 October, Amoo opened his Bury account by scoring a glancing header on 67 minutes to give Bury the lead in a 3–1 victory over Yeovil Town.
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