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Revision as of 09:14, 25 June 2019
 Sadiq at the 2016 Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Umar Sadiq Mesbah | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Partizan Belgrade (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) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bologna (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Torino (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2018 | → Rangers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Partizan Belgrade (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Nigeria U23 | 6 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:57, 24 June 2019 (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 Serie B side Perugia, on loan from Roma. He also represents Nigeria U23's.
Club career
Early career
Born in 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.[2]
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.[2]
Roma loan
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[2][3] before scoring his first senior goal in the 3–3 draw against Chievo on 6 January 2016.[4] Towards the end of the season his move to Roma was made permanent for a fee of £2 million.[5] He completed his first season at Roma scoring 2 goals in 6 Serie A appearances.[6]
Roma
Bologna loan
On 31 August 2016, Sadiq joined Bologna on a season-long loan deal.[7]
Torino loan
In August 2017, Sadiq joined Torino on a season-long loan. Torino secured an option to sign him permanently.[8][9]
Rangers loan
On 10 July 2018, Sadiq joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan.[10] After just four first team appearances in all competitions, his loan spell was cancelled in December 2018.[11]
Perugia loan
On 9 January 2019, Sadiq joined on loan to Serie B club Perugia until 30 June 2019.[12]
International career
On 25 July 2016, Sadiq was selected by Nigeria for their final 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
He scored the Nigeria Olympic team's 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.[13] He then scored the first and third goals in the Bronze medal match against Honduras in the same tournament.
Statistics
- As of 24 June 2019[6]
| 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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roma | 2015–16 | Serie A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bologna (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
| Torino (loan) | 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |
| NAC Breda (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 5 |
| Rangers (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Perugia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 3 |
| Career total | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 10 | ||
References
- ^ "Team and Players BolognaFC". Bologna FC 1909. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Mackenzie, Alasdair. "Umar Sadiq: The Arsenal-linked Roma starlet who wants to be the next Kanu". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "Bologna vs. Roma – 21 November 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "CHIEVO VS. ROMA 3 – 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
- ^ "AS Roma snap up Nigerian duo Umar Sadiq and Nura Abdullahi". goal.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ^ a b "Nigeria – S. Umar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ "Sadiq signs for Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Sadiq Umar joins Torino on loan from Roma". Goal. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Official: Roma loan Sadiq to Torino". Football Italia. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Rangers: Lassana Coulibaly & Sadiq Umar join Steven Gerrard's team". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Steven Gerrard opens up on Rangers transfer plans as he reveals revamp is being held up by Mexican flops". Daily Record (Scotland). 16 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Perugia, arriva Sadiq in prestito fino a giugno dalla Roma" (in Italian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (25 July 2016). "John Mikel Obi named in Nigeria's Olympic squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
- Umar Sadiq at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Kaduna
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Association football forwards
- Nigerian footballers
- A.S. Roma players
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- Spezia Calcio players
- Torino F.C. players
- NAC Breda players
- Rangers F.C. players
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- Serie A players
- Eredivisie players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Serie B players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Italian football forward, 1990s birth stubs