Yusuf Mohammed Usman Edu (born 2 March 1994) is a Nigerian

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who plays for

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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

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. After a year, he left and joined

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whom he later helped to the gain promotion to the

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. 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

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in December 2019.

Honours

Nigeria U23 * Olympic Bronze Medal:

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* 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 {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub