King Osanga

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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Akwa United 56 (21)
2009–2010 Heartland F.C. 34 (11)
2010–2012 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 42 (18)
2011Al-Nasr Benghazi (loan) 11 (4)
2011Kaduna 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

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

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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

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