Jonah Osabutey

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Jonah Osabutey
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
KV Kortrijk
Number 54
Youth career
2015–2017 Tema Youth
2017 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Werder Bremen II 31 (13)
2019–2020Mouscron (loan) 22 (5)
2020–2021OH Leuven (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2023 KV Kortrijk 0 (0)
International career
Ghana U17 2 (0)
2015 Ghana U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2023

Jonah Osabutey (born 8 October 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for K.V. Kortrijk. [1]

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Career

In the 2018–19 season, Osabutey scored 12 goals and made 2 assists in 27 matches for the Werder Bremen reserves. [2] [3]

In June 2019, he extended his contract with Werder Bremen [4] before joining Belgian First Division A side Royal Excel Mouscron on loan for the 2019–20 season. [4] [2] [3] At Mouscron, Osabutey was voted "player of the season" ahead of teammates Deni Hočko and Jean Butez, having received over 50% of the votes. He had scored five goals and recorded four assists in the regular season. [5] At the start of the 2020–21 season, Osabutey was loaned out again, but now to newly promoted Oud-Heverlee Leuven and with a buy clause. [6]

Osabutey moved to Belgian First Division A club K.V. Kortrijk on 31 August 2021, the last day of the 2021 summer transfer window. He signed a one-year contract with the option of two further years. [7]

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References

  1. "Jonah Osabutey". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Jonah Osabutey prêté par le Werder Brême à Mouscron". RTBF (in French). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Mutari, Daraja (June 2019). "Werder Bremen loan out Jonah Osabutey to Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron". Ghana Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Osabutey verlängert und geht nach Belgien". Weser Kurier (in German). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. "Excel Mouscron: Osabutey élu joueur de la saison". sudinfo.be (in French). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. "OHL huurt ex-publiekslieveling Les Hurlus" [OHL loans ex fan favorite of the Hurlus]. ohleuven.com (in Dutch). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. "Jonah Osabutey naar KVK". KV Kortrijk (in Dutch). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.