Osas Okoro
Personal information
Full name Osadebamwen Moses Okoro
Date of birth (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Enugu Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Bayelsa United
2010–2015 Heartland
2015–2018 Enugu Rangers
2018–2019 Buildcon
2019– Enugu Rangers
International career
2011– Nigeria 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:52, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Osadebamwen Moses Okoro (born 7 September 1990) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays for Enugu Rangers, as a midfielder.

Personal life

Okoro's brothers, Stanley and Charles, are also footballers.[2]

Club career

Okoro has played club football in Nigeria for Bayelsa United, Heartland and Enugu Rangers.[3][4]

In December 2016, he was crowned the Edo Footballer of the Year by the Edo FA[5]

International career

He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2011.[3] He was named in the Nigerian team for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship and 2016 African Nations Championship.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 January 2016Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda Niger1–04–12016 African Nations Championship

References

  1. "Osadebamwen Moses Okoro". CAF. 18 January 2016.
  2. "Little Messi tag suits me – Okoro". NBF Topics. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Osas Okoro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. "Profile". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. "Success, Okoro named Edo Footballers of the Year". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. "Eguavoen names squad for CAF U-23 Championship". StarAfrica.com. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.


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