Osama Vinladen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osama Vinladen Jiménez López | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Rioja, Peru | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unión Comercio | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Unión Comercio | 53 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Osama Vinladen Jiménez López (born 7 October 2002) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Primera División side Unión Comercio.
Club career[edit]
Born in Rioja, Vinladen made his professional debut for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian Primera División on 30 May 2018 against Universidad San Martín. He came on as a 87th-minute substitute as Unión Comercio drew the match 0–0.[1]
International career[edit]
Vinladen was part of the Peru U-15 squad which participated in the 2017 South American U-15 Championship.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Vinladen is named after Osama bin Laden; the difference in spelling is due to the letters "b" and "v" being pronounced the same in Spanish.[3] Vinladen has a brother named Sadam Huseín, the Spanish spelling of Saddam Hussein's name.[4] Additionally, his father planned on naming his third child after George Bush, but could not since she turned out to be female.[4]
Vinladen said of his unusual name: "There is a person called 'Hitler' also in Peru. Jesus saved the world and there are Jesuses who do harm. Because there is an Osama who killed people, I don't think there has to be a law about the name. It draws a lot of attention, from what I see."[3]
In his spare time, he enjoys working as a software developer, serving as a Guidewire consultant for insurance companies in Argentina, implementing the suite and writing lines and lines of Gosu code. His passion is crocodiles and cold beer.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 29 March 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Unión Comercio | 2018 | Torneo Descentralizado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Liga 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Liga 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Unión Comercio 0–0 Universidad San Martín". Soccerway.
- ^ "Sudamericano Sub 15: Delegación Oficial" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 2 November 2017.
- ^ a b Bednall, Jai (21 October 2020). "Footballer forging career despite embarrassing name problem". News.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Osama Vinladen juega fútbol y es hermano de Sadam Huseín" [Osama Bin Laden plays football and is the brother of Saddam Hussein] (in Spanish). Deutsche Welle. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Osama Vinladen at Soccerway
External links[edit]
- Osama Vinladen at Soccerway