Osarenren Okungbowa

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Osarenren Okungbowa
Personal information
Full name Osarenren Okungbowa
Date of birth (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 WSG Tirol
Number 16
Youth career
2003–2009 SV Hirschstetten
2009 SV Essling
2009–2010 SR Donaufeld Wien
2010–2016 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2018 Rapid Wien II 54 (0)
2016–2018 Rapid Wien 2 (0)
2018–2019 St. Pölten II 9 (1)
2018–2019 St. Pölten 0 (0)
2019–2020 Floridsdorfer AC 26 (1)
2020–2021 VfB Lübeck 31 (2)
2021–2022 Kickers Offenbach 29 (3)
2022– WSG Tirol 38 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Osarenren Okungbowa (born 13 May 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for WSG Tirol. [1]

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Club career

The son of an Edo(Bini) father and an Igbo mother, Okungbowa joined Rapid Wien in 2010 from the amateur club Donaufeld. [2] He made his professional debut for Rapid Wien in a 2–1 loss against Sturm Graz on 27 November 2016. [3]

On 18 January 2019, Okungbowa signed for the rest of the season with Floridsdorfer AC. [4]

He signed for German 3. Liga side VfB Lübeck on a one-year contract in July 2020. [5] He followed that up with a stint with Kickers Offenbach from 2021 to 2022 before returning to Austria with WSG Tirol on 3 August 2022. [6] [ better source needed ]

International career

Okungbowa is born in Austria to Nigerian parents (Edo father and Igbo mother). [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Osarenren Okungbowa". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Redaktion, IM NETZ. "Das ist Rapid-Debütant Osarenren Okungbowa".
  3. ↑ "Canadi überrascht mit Debütant".
  4. ↑ WILLKOMMEN BEIM FAC, OSARENREN OKUNGBOWA! Archived 19 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine , fac.at, 18 January 2019
  5. ↑ "Osarenren Okungbowa wechselt vom FAC zu VfB Lübeck". www.spox.com (in German). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Osarenren Okungbowa signed from Offenbach – WSG Tirol - World News | TakeToNews". 3 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yaya Toure in grün-weiß oder Nigeria in Hütteldorf - Aus erster Hand".
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