Umar Farouk Osman

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Umar Farouk Osman
Personal information
Full name Umar Farouk Osman
Date of birth (1998-09-23) September 23, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Michigan Wolverines
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2013 Right To Dream Academy
2013–2017 Dover Dreamers
2017 Black Rock FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Michigan Wolverines 79 (10)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Flint City Bucks 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018

Umar Farouk Osman (born September 23, 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays college soccer for the Michigan Wolverines men's soccer program.

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Osman is the 2017 recipient of Gatorade Player of the Year award for boys' soccer. [1] [2] The award is a nationally recognized honor given to the best high school athlete in the nation. Osman won the award while playing for the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. Outside of playing for the Hotchkiss Bearcats boys' soccer team, Osman also played club soccer for Black Rock FC.

Senior

During the 2019 USL League Two season, Osman played one match for the Flint City Bucks. [3]

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References

  1. USA Today High School Sports (June 19, 2017). "Umar Farouk Osman named Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year". USA Today . Gannett Company . Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. "Hotchkiss School's Umar Farouk Osman named Gatorade National Boys' Soccer Player of the Year". WTNH . SportzEdge. June 16, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  3. "Flint City Bucks - 2019 Player Statistics". uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.