Owen Otasowie

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Owen Otasowie
Personal information
Full name Ebeguowen Otasowie [1]
Date of birth (2001-01-06) January 6, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth New York City, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2015–2017 Mass Elite Academy [2]
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (0)
2021–2022 Club Brugge 1 (0)
2022 → Club NXT 4 (0)
International career‡
2018 United States U18 3 (0)
2020 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 17, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 12, 2020

Ebeguowen "Owen" Otasowie (born January 6, 2001) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Club career

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After progressing from their youth academy, Otasowie made his senior debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute in Wolves' final UEFA Europa League group match of the 2019–20 edition against Beşiktaş on December 12, 2019. [3] On January 1, 2020, Otasowie signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves. [4]

On December 15, 2020, Otasowie made his Premier League debut for Wolves as a substitute on for Leander Dendoncker in a 2–1 home win over Chelsea, providing an assist for Wolves' first goal scored by Daniel Podence. [5] Otasowie made his full Premier League debut in Wolves's next game, away at Burnley, on December 21, 2020. [6]

Club Brugge

On August 20, 2021, he made a permanent move to Club Brugge of the Belgian First Division A for a reported fee of £3.5 million. [7] Otasowie made his debut for Club on July 17, 2022, during their 2022 Belgian Super Cup victory over Gent. [8] In November 2022, Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported Otasowie had stopped being paid by Club Brugge after going absent without leave a number of times. [9]

International career

After representing the United States at the under-18 level, Otasowie received his first call up to the senior United States squad for matches against Wales and Panama in November 2020. [10] He made his senior debut on November 12, 2020, coming on in the 87th minute of a 0–0 draw against Wales. [11]

Otasowie is also eligible to represent England or Nigeria. [12]

Personal life

He is a Burberry model. [13]

In 2021, Otasowie founded fashion brand Carsicko. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played September 17, 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 [15] Premier League 0000001 [lower-alpha 3] 0—10
2020–21 [15] Premier League600000——60
Total600000100070
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 2019–20 EFL Trophy [15] ————3 [lower-alpha 4] 030
2020–21 EFL Trophy [15] ————2 [lower-alpha 4] 020
Total————5050
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 0000—00—00
2022–23 Belgian Pro League1000—001 [lower-alpha 5] 020
Total1000—001020
Club NXT 2022–23 Challenger Pro League 40————40
Career total11000001060180
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup and Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of match played November 12, 2020 [16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202010
Total10

Honors

Club Brugge

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References

  1. ↑ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. September 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dicken, Alex (November 5, 2020). "Otasowie has 'similar traits to Pogba' & why Wolves are so excited". BirminghamLive. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Wolves 4–0 Besiktas". BBC Sport. December 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Otasowie pens new Wolves deal". www.wolves.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Chelsea: Pedro Neto scores late winner for Wolves". BBC Sport. December 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood on target". BBC Sport. December 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Owen Otasowie joins Club Brugge". SB Nation. August 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "CLUB BEATS GENT 1-0 AND LIFTS THE SUPERCUP". clubbrugge.be. July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Een miskoop van 4 miljoen: Owen Otasowie is al tijdje spoorloos, Club Brugge haalt middenvelder van de loonlijst" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. November 9, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  10. ↑ "USMNT ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: BERHALTER CALLS 24 PLAYERS FOR NOVEMBER CAMP MATCHES VS WALES AND PANAMA". ussoccer.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Internationals - Boly and Otasowie make national team debuts". Wolverhampton. November 13, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  12. ↑ "USMNT Newbies: Reyna, Musah, Richards and Ledezma Headline List of 10 November Camp Newbies". ussoccer.com.
  13. ↑ Spiers, Tim. "Wolves' US Burberry model who started playing football at 14". The Athletic.
  14. ↑ "Carsicko". 7igures. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Owen Otasowie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Otasowie, Owen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
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