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| birth_place = [[Kaduna]], Nigeria
| birth_place = [[Kaduna]], Nigeria
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| currentclub = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]<br>(on loan from [[A.S. Roma|Roma]])
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'''Umar Sadiq Mesbah''' (born 2 February 1997) is a Nigerian [[Association football|football]] striker who plays for [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], on loan from [[A.S. Roma|Roma]].<ref name="sw">{{cite web|url=http://int.soccerway.com/players/sadiq-umar/383985/|title=Nigeria – S. Umar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=2015-11-28}}</ref>
'''Umar Sadiq Mesbah''' (born 2 February 1997) is a Nigerian [[Association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] who plays for [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], on loan from [[A.S. Roma|Roma]].<ref name="sw">{{cite web|url=http://int.soccerway.com/players/sadiq-umar/383985/|title=Nigeria – S. Umar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=2015-11-28}}</ref>


==Club career==
==Club career==

Revision as of 05:09, 26 February 2017

Umar Sadiq
Sadiq at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Umar Sadiq Mesbah
Date of birth (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
(on loan from Roma)
Number 19
Youth career
2011–2013 Abuja FC
2013–2015 Spezia
2013–2014 → Lavagnese (loan)
2015 → Roma (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Spezia 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Roma (loan) 6 (2)
2016– Roma 0 (0)
2016– → Bologna (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2016– Nigeria U23 6 (4)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:47, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 August 2016

Umar Sadiq Mesbah (born 2 February 1997) is a Nigerian football striker who plays for Bologna, on loan from Roma.[2]

Club career

Early career

Born in gwandu road Kaduna, In 2013, Sadiq joined the "Future of Africa" football academy and the Abuja Football College. He finished as the top scorer at the Croatian Kvarnerska Rivijera youth tournament as his side Abuja Football College won the competition.[3]

Spezia and loans

Also in 2013, soon after the Kvarnerska Rivijera youth tournament, Sadiq signed for Serie B side Spezia who sent him on loan to Serie D club Lavagnese. At Lavagnese he netted 26 goals in 24 matches for the youth team becoming the youth top scorer in Italy.[3]

In June 2015, Sadiq joined Roma on a season-long loan. Having bagged eight goals and three assists in his first four youth matches for Roma, he made his Serie A debut on 21 November 2015 against Bologna, replacing Juan Iturbe after 88 minutes in a 2–2 away draw[3][4] before scoring his first senior goal in the 3–3 draw against Chievo on the 6 January 2016.[5] Towards the end of the season his move to Roma was made permanent for a fee of £2 million.[6] He completed his first season at Roma scoring 2 goals in 6 Serie A appearances.[2]

Roma

On 31 August 2016, Sadiq joined Bologna on a season-long loan deal.[7]

International career

On 25 July 2016, Sadiq was selected by Nigeria for their final 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He scored Nigeria's Olympic team first goal at Rio and also won a penalty for the team's fourth goal. He also scored the first and only goal of the next match against Sweden.[8] He also scored the first and third goals in the Bronze medal match against Honduras in the same tournament.

Statistics

As of 14 May 2016[2]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spezia 2014–15 Serie B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roma 2015–16 Serie A 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
Career total 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Umar Sadiq.
  1. ^ "Team and Players BolognaFC". Bologna FC 1909. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Nigeria – S. Umar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  3. ^ a b c Mackenzie, Alasdair. "Umar Sadiq: The Arsenal-linked Roma starlet who wants to be the next Kanu". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  4. ^ "Bologna vs. Roma – 21 November 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  5. ^ "CHIEVO VS. ROMA 3 – 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  6. ^ "AS Roma snap up Nigerian duo Umar Sadiq and Nura Abdullahi". goal.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  7. ^ "Sadiq signs for Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (25 July 2016). "John Mikel Obi named in Nigeria's Olympic squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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