Aminu Sani

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Aminu Sani
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-14) 14 May 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central or left midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Katsina City Rolers
1996–1997 Katsina United
1997–1998 Atalanta
1999–2003 Club Brugge 8 (0)
2002–2003 FC Brussels 6 (1)
2003–2004 Hapoel Beer Sheva
2004–2006 Giulianova Calcio
2006–2008 Alghero Calcio
2008–2009 Radnički Kragujevac
International career
1999 Nigeria U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Contents

Club career

Sani started playing professionally in Katsina United, but soon, at 17 years, he went to Italy and signed with Atalanta Bergamo. After one season, he signed with top Belgian club Club Brugge where he stayed until 2003. [1] 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. [2] In summer 2003, he moved to Israel to play in Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A series 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 FK Radnički Kragujevac. [3]

International career

He was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team in 1999. [4]

Honours

Club Brugge

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References

  1. ↑ Profile for Club Brugge seasons at VoetbalInternational
  2. ↑ Stats for FC Brussels [ permanent dead link ] at FC Brussels official website
  3. ↑ Interview Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at FK Radnički 1928 official website
  4. ↑ Nigeria under-20 match report at MclGlobal.com
  5. ↑ "CUP BELGIUM. FINAL". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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