Aminu Sani

Aminu Sani
Personal information
Date of birth14 May 1980
Place of birthLagos, Nigeria
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionCentral or left midfielder
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Katsina City Rolers
1996-1997Katsina United
1997-1998Atalanta
1999-2003Club Brugge8(0)
2002-2003FC Brussels6(1)
2003-2004Hapoel Beer Sheva
2004-2006Giulianova Calcio
2006-2008Alghero Calcio
2008-2009Radnički Kragujevac
National team
1999Nigeria U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Aminu Sani (born 14 May 1980 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional football player.

Club career

Sani started playing professionally in Katsina United, but soon, with only 17 years, he came to Italy and signed with Atalanta Bergamo. After one season, he signed with top Belgian club Club Brugge where he stayed until 2003. In the last season he was loaned, in the last half of the season, to FC Brussels, known in that period by the name of KFC Strombeek. In summer 2003, he moved to Israel to play in Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A serious of injuries made him almost give up, but in December 2006, he signed with a lower Italian league side Alghero Calcio where he expected to return to his maximum form. In 2008, he moved to Serbia to play in Radnički Kragujevac.

International career

He was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team in 1999.

Honours

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