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Osman Bukari
Bukari with Red Star Belgrade in 2022
Personal information
Full name Osman Bukari[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 11
Youth career
2017–2018 Accra Lions
2018 → Anderlecht (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 AS Trenčín 51 (12)
2020–2022 Gent 25 (4)
2021–2022 → Nantes (loan) 24 (2)
2022– Red Star Belgrade 16 (4)
International career‡
2019 Ghana U23 3 (3)
2021– Ghana 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 October 2022

Osman Bukari (born 13 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and the Ghana national team.

Club career

AS Trenčín

First European club in Osman Bukari's professional career was Slovakian side AS Trenčin.[3] Bukari joined them in July 2018 from Accra Lions in his homeland. In his two years in Slovakian football, Bukari was one of the best players in his team, playing 66 matches and recording 16 goals and 25 assists. In the 2019–20 season, he was officially Trenčin's best player and was inducted in the league's best XI.[4] He was also on the three-name shortlist for the best player of the season.

Gent

After his eye-catching performances in Slovakia, Belgian side KAA Gent signed Bukari[5] on 4 September 2020. After signing a three-year contract with Gent, Bukari quickly established himself as one of the first-team regulars. He played in the UEFA Europa League as Gent faced Hoffenheim,[6][7] Red Star Belgrade[8][9] and Slovan Liberec[10][11] in the group stage. He scored four goals and made six assists in 35 appearances for Gent.

Loan to Nantes

On 12 August 2021, French Ligue 1 outfit FC Nantes signed Bukari [12] on a season-long loan. The Ghanaian was a part of the team that won Coupe de France, the fourth in club's history, and secured European qualification after a 21-year-long wait.

Red Star Belgrade

Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade signed Bukari[13][14] on 21 June 2022 in a deal worth €3 million. He made his club debut against Radnički Niš[15] and got on the scoresheet in the same match. He was man of the match with three goals in an assist in Red Star Belgrade's UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Pyunik,[16] in which the Serbian team won 5–0. Bukari scored one of the best goals seen in Eternal derby when he scored with a fine left-footed volley in Red Star Belgrade's 1–1 draw at rivals Partizan.[17]

International career

Bukari made his Ghana bow on 25 March 2021 against South Africa[18] in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match. Good performances on the club level for FC Nantes and Red Star Belgrade earned him a Black Stars recall and he's been a regular for the national team since March 2022. He scored his first goal for his country on 1 June 2022 in an AFCON qualifier against Madagascar.[19] Bukari has been called up by national coach Otto Addo to represent the Black Stars in the 2022 World Cup.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AS Trenčín 2018–19[21][22] Slovak Super Liga 22 1 4 2 4 0 2[a] 0 32 1
2019–20[21][22] 25 10 4 1 – 1[a] 0 30 11
2020–21[21][22] 4 2 0 0 – – 4 2
Total 51 13 8 3 4 0 3 0 66 16
Gent 2020–21[21] Belgian First Division A 25 4 2 0 7 0 1[b] 0 35 4
Nantes (loan) 2021–22[21] Ligue 1 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Red Star Belgrade 2022–23[21] Serbian SuperLiga 16 4 0 0 8 3 0 0 24 7
Career total 116 23 12 3 19 3 4 0 151 29
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in Belgian First Division A play-offs

International goals

As of match played 24 November 2022. Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bukari goal.
List of international goals scored by Osman Bukari
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 June 2022 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana 5  Madagascar 3–0 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 24 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 8  Portugal 2–3 2–3 2022 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Nantes

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Osman Bukari profile". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Bukari joins Trenčin". Ghana soccer. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Best XI of Slovak league". Fortunaliga. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Bukari joins Gent". KAA Gent. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Red Star". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Red Star". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Liberec". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Liberec". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ^ "FC OSMAN BUKARI PRÊTÉ AU FC NANTES!". autor. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Bukari joins Red Star". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Bukari joins Red Star". GOAL. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Bukari makes his Red Star debut". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Hat-trick against Pyunik". UEFA Champions League. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Goal vs. Partizan". Arena sport. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Bukari makes his Ghana debut". CAF. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  19. ^ "First goal for Ghana". CAF. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Ghana World Cup 2022 squad". Football Association of Ghana. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "Osman Bukari » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  22. ^ a b c Osman Bukari at Soccerway
  23. ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  24. ^ "V Jedenástke sezóny až sedem futbalistov majstra. Najlepším hráčom Greif". fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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