Personal information | |||
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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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Akwa United | 56 | (21) |
2009–2010 | Heartland F.C. | 34 | (11) |
2010–2012 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 42 | (18) |
2011 | → Al-Nasr Benghazi (loan) | 11 | (4) |
2011 | → Kaduna 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.
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]
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.
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