Osman Bashiru (born 5 May 1989, in

Kumasi Kumasi is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region ...

) is a

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ian former professional

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player who played as a striker.

Career

Bashiru arrived to

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

i club

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in Israeli Premier League. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won six League C ...

as part of a loan agreement with his club in Ghana. While he faltered early, he managed to improve as time went by with Hapoel and the club is going to pick up the option to purchase him for

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100,000. Osman transferred to

Brunei DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English language, English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; Abbreviation, abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional association football, football club based in Bandar S ...

as the Brunei team were preparing for their readmission to the

2012 S.League The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern- Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-te ...

. Osman returned to Ghana in 2013 and signed a season's deal with Kumasi Asante Kotoko helping them to the championship that season but lack of enough playing time meant the striker will sign for regional rivals Obuasi Ashantigold in the summer of 2014

Career statistics

Honours

Team

2012 Singapore League Cup The 2012 Singapore League Cup (known as the StarHub League Cup for sponsorship purposes) was held between 26 July to 11 August 2012. Traditionally held as a knockout competition, the 2012 edition saw a new format where four groups of three teams ...

Champions with

* 2012 S.League Runner-Up with

Footnotes

1989 births Living people Men's association football forwards Ghanaian men's footballers King Faisal F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players Hapoel Herzliya F.C. players DPMM FC players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Ashanti Gold S.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Singapore Premier League players Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Brunei 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub