Muhammed Usman Edu

Yusuf Mohammed Usman Edu (born 2 March 1994) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Bnei Reineh.

Career

International

On 22 May, 2018 GOtvMaxCup match played on Tuesday, the Super Eagles were beaten 3-2 by Europa League winners Atletico Madrid, but Usman Mohammed a name to remember from the encounter. The triple shimmy combined with a neat step-over had Javi Montero twisted and confused, which created the opening, in which Mohammed calmly rolled in the ball for the Eagles’ equaliser in the 80th minute.

Club

Usman started his professional career in Nigeria with Kaduna-based club Ranchers Bees. After a year, he left and joined Taraba whom he later helped to the gain promotion to the Nigerian Premier League. Usman was later named the captain of the club at 18, which made him the youngest captain in the league.

On 1 June 2019, FC Pyunik announced that they had released Usman by mutual consent.

He was released by Russian club FC Tambov in December 2019.

Honours

Nigeria U23

Olympic Bronze Medal: 2016

References

External links

1994 births

Living people

Nigerian men's footballers

Taraba F.C. players

FC Tambov players

C.F. União players

Sarpsborg 08 FF players

FC Pyunik players

FC Shakhter Karagandy players

Hapoel Hadera F.C. players

Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players

Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. players

Eliteserien players

Russian Premier League players

Armenian Premier League players

Kazakhstan Premier League players

Israeli Premier League players

Nigerian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Norway

Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia

Expatriate men's footballers in Russia

Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan

Expatriate men's footballers in Israel

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan

Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel

Men's association football midfielders

Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic footballers for Nigeria

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria

Olympic medalists in football

Nigeria men's A' international footballers

2016 African Nations Championship players