Personal information | |||
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Full name | Efosa Richie Omorowa | ||
Date of birth | 30 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Akalla, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Excelsior | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Akropolis | |||
2013–2020 | AIK | ||
2020–2022 | Brommapojkarna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Brommapojkarna | 23 | (4) |
2023– | Excelsior | 3 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Sweden U19 | 12 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 1 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 1 September 2023 (UTC) |
Efosa Richie Omorowa (born 30 March 2004) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Excelsior.
Omorowa is a youth product of the Swedish club AIK, moving to the youth side of Brommapojkarna on 18 July 2021. [1] He began his senior career with Brommapojkarna in 2022 and helped them win the 2022 Superettan. [2] On 28 July 2023, he transferred to Dutch club Excelsior on a 2-year contract. [3] He scored as a substitute in his debut with Excelsior, a 4–3 Eredivisie win over NEC. [4]
Omorowa was born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and Ivorian mother. [5] He is a youth international for Sweden, having played up to the Sweden U19s. [6]
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