Osama Vinladen

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Osama Vinladen
Personal information
Full name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López
Date of birth (2002-10-07) 7 October 2002 (age 21)
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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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]

  1. ^ "Unión Comercio 0–0 Universidad San Martín". Soccerway.
  2. ^ "Sudamericano Sub 15: Delegación Oficial" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Bednall, Jai (21 October 2020). "Footballer forging career despite embarrassing name problem". News.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Osama Vinladen at Soccerway

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