Owen Otasowie

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Owen Otasowie
Personal information
Full name Ebeguowen Otasowie[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-06) January 6, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth New York City, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge
Number 8
Youth career
2015–2017 Mass Elite Academy[2]
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (0)
2021– Club Brugge 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Club NXT 4 (0)
International career‡
2018 United States U18 3 (0)
2020 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 17, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 12, 2020

Ebeguowen "Owen" Otasowie (born January 6, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian First Division A team Club Brugge.

Club career[edit]

Wolverhampton Wanderers[edit]

After progressing from their youth academy, Otasowie made his senior debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute in Wolves' final UEFA Europa League group match of the 2019–20 edition against Beşiktaş on December 12, 2019.[3] On January 1, 2020, Otasowie signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves.[4]

On December 15, 2020, Otasowie made his Premier League debut for Wolves as a substitute on for Leander Dendoncker in a 2–1 home win over Chelsea, providing an assist for Wolves' first goal scored by Daniel Podence.[5] Otasowie made his full Premier League debut in Wolves's next game, away at Burnley, on December 21, 2020.[6]

Club Brugge[edit]

On August 20, 2021, he made a permanent move to Club Brugge of the Belgian First Division A for a reported fee of £3.5 million.[7] Otasowie made his debut for Club on July 17, 2022, during their 2022 Belgian Super Cup victory over Gent.[8]

International career[edit]

After representing the United States at the under-18 level, Otasowie received his first call up to the senior United States squad for matches against Wales and Panama in November 2020.[9] He made his senior debut on November 12, 2020, coming on in the 87th minute of a 0–0 draw against Wales.[10]

Otasowie is also eligible to represent England or Nigeria.[11]

Personal life[edit]

He is a Burberry model.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played September 17, 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20[13] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 — 1 0
2020–21[13] Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s 2019–20 EFL Trophy[13] — — — — 3[d] 0 3 0
2020–21 EFL Trophy[13] — — — — 2[d] 0 2 0
Total — — — — 5 0 5 0
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1[e] 0 2 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0 2 0
Club NXT 2022–23 Challenger Pro League 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Career total 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 18 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup and Belgian Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International[edit]

As of match played November 12, 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honors[edit]

Club Brugge

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Dicken, Alex (November 5, 2020). "Otasowie has 'similar traits to Pogba' & why Wolves are so excited". BirminghamLive. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wolves 4–0 Besiktas". BBC Sport. December 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "Otasowie pens new Wolves deal". www.wolves.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Chelsea: Pedro Neto scores late winner for Wolves". BBC Sport. December 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Burnley 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood on target". BBC Sport. December 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Owen Otasowie joins Club Brugge". SB Nation. August 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "CLUB BEATS GENT 1-0 AND LIFTS THE SUPERCUP". clubbrugge.be. July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "USMNT ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: BERHALTER CALLS 24 PLAYERS FOR NOVEMBER CAMP MATCHES VS WALES AND PANAMA". ussoccer.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Internationals - Boly and Otasowie make national team debuts". Wolverhampton. November 13, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "USMNT Newbies: Reyna, Musah, Richards and Ledezma Headline List of 10 November Camp Newbies". ussoccer.com.
  12. ^ Spiers, Tim. "Wolves' US Burberry model who started playing football at 14". The Athletic.
  13. ^ a b c d "Games played by Owen Otasowie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  14. ^ "Otasowie, Owen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

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