King Osanga

King Moses Osanga (born 6 October 1990[2]) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

King Osanga
Personal information
Full name King Moses Osanga
Date of birth {
Place of birth Jos, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Plateau United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Akwa United 56 (21)
2009–2010 Heartland F.C. 34 (11)
2010–2012 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 42 (18)
2011 → Al-Nasr Benghazi (loan) 11 (4)
2011 → Kaduna United (loan) 16 (6)
2012–2013 Sochaux 1 (0)
2013–2014 White Star Bruxelles 13 (4)
2015–2016 Shooting Stars
2016–2017 Ifeanyi Ubah F.C.
2017– Plateau United
International career
2007 Nigeria U-17 20 (4)
2009 Nigeria U-20 22 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 January 2018

Career

Osanga was born in Jos, Nigeria.[3] He began his career in the youth side of Akwa United F.C.,[4] who were in 2007 promoted to the Nigeria Premier League.[5]

On 28 July 2009, Osanga joined league rivals Heartland F.C.[6] and returned after the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup to Heartland to play in the 2009 CAF Champions League final against TP Mazembe.[7] Despite losing the Final on away goals, he received the Pepsi MVP Award.[8]

In late November 2009 he was linked with a move to Tunisian club Étoile Sportive du Sahel, where he signed on 4 March 2010.[9] After nine months, he left Etoile[10] and signed for Libyan club Al-Ahly Benghazi, but after the 2011 Libyan civil war began he was loaned to Kaduna United F.C.[11]

Osanga moved to Europe, playing for White Star Bruxelles in the Belgian Second Division. He signed with French side Sochaux in early 2012.[12]

He returned to Nigeria and played for Ifeanyi Ubah of Nnewi before moving to Plateau in October 2017.[13]

International career

He was member of the Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea[14] and the Nigeria national under-20 football team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[15] He was called up to the senior team for the first time in August 2010 for a friendly in South Korea.

Honours
  • 2009: Pepsi MVP Award CAF Champions League

References
  1. "King Osanga _ Nigeria". Football-lineups.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. "King OSANGA". Goalzz.com. 6 October 1990. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. "Dailymotion – Osanga King In Just Pass The Ball". Dailymotion.pl. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  4. "FIFA.com – Der "King" lebt". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. "Player's Profile: King Osanga". Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  6. "Heartland Sign Youth International Osanga King For CAF Champions League". Goal.com. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. "Channels TV News : Winger King Osanga Back to Club". Channelstv.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  9. "[Exclusif Power-ess] King Osanga signe pour 4 ans à l'ESS. - Etoile Sportive du Sahel - POWER ESS". Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  10. "2009 CAF Champions League – King Osanga Player Profile". Championsleague.mtnfootball.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  11. "Kaduna United in Abeokuta for Etoile – SuperSport – Football". SuperSport. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  12. "Osanga rejoint Sochaux". L'Equipe (in French). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  13. "Osanga eyes 'lot of trophies' with Plateau United". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  14. "FIFA.com – FIFA Spielerstatistik King OSANGA". De.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  15. "Fifa.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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