Bernard Bulbwa

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Bernard Bulbwa
Personal information
Full name Bernard Tsumega Bulbwa
Date of birth (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ankaraspor
Youth career
Mkar Rocks
2012–2015 Shuttle Sports Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Espérance 12 (2)
2017–2018 Espérance B
2018–2019 Mouloudia Oujda 3 (0)
2019–2020 Dugopolje 19 (2)
2020–2021 Ankaraspor 6 (0)
2021 Al-Nahda
International career
Nigeria U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2022

Bernard Tsumega Bulbwa (born 11 October 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker. [1]

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Early and personal life

Bulbwa is the youngest of seven children. [2]

Club career

After playing youth football for Mkar Rocks and Shuttle Sports Academy, Bulbwa signed a five-year contract with Tunisian club Espérance in April 2015. [2] Earlier that month he had been linked with possible transfers to English clubs Stoke City and Manchester City, [3] as well as clubs in Nigeria and Europe. [2]

International career

Bulbwa has played for the Nigeria under-20 team, and scored the winner in the final of the 2015 African U-20 Championship. [4] He was described as a "hero" due to his performance, [2] [4] and his goal was awarded "Best of the Tournament" by CAF. [5] He was selected to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in May 2015. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bernard Bulbwa at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Oluwashina Okeleji (10 April 2015). "'I have the ability to do incredible things'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Pete Smith (1 April 2015). "Stoke City transfer rumours: Battle with Manchester City for Nigeria wunderkind Bernard Bulbwa". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Hero Bulbwa hails selfless Eagles". SuperSport. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "GENERAL STATISTICS OF ORANGE AFRICAN U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP SENEGAL 2015". CAF. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (16 May 2015). "Man City duo named in Nigeria U-20 World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2015.


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