Osman Bukari

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Osman Bukari
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Bukari with Red Star Belgrade in 2022
Personal information
Full name Osman Bukari [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 30
Youth career
2017–2018 Accra Lions
2018 → Anderlecht (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 AS Trenčín 51 (12)
2020–2022 Gent 25 (4)
2021–2022 → Nantes (loan) 24 (2)
2022– Red Star Belgrade 56 (19)
International career‡
2019 Ghana U23 3 (3)
2021– Ghana 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2024

Osman Bukari (born 13 December 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Ghana national team. He was granted citizenship by the Serbian government in June 2023. [3]

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Club career

AS Trenčín

The first European club in Osman Bukari's professional career was Slovakian side AS Trenčin. [4] Bukari joined them in July 2018 from Accra Lions in his homeland. In his two years in Slovakian football, Bukari was one of the best players in his team, playing 66 matches and recording 16 goals and 25 assists. In the 2019–20 season, he was officially Trenčin's best player and was inducted in the league's best XI. [5] He was also on the three-name shortlist for the best player of the season.

Gent

After his eye-catching performances in Slovakia, Belgian side KAA Gent signed Bukari [6] on 4 September 2020. After signing a three-year contract with Gent, Bukari quickly established himself as one of the first-team regulars. He played in the UEFA Europa League as Gent faced Hoffenheim, [7] [8] Red Star Belgrade [9] [10] and Slovan Liberec [11] [12] in the group stage. He scored four goals and made six assists in 35 appearances for Gent.

Loan to Nantes

On 12 August 2021, French Ligue 1 outfit FC Nantes signed Bukari [13] on a season-long loan. The Ghanaian was a part of the team that won Coupe de France, the fourth in club's history, and secured European qualification after a 21-year-long wait.

Red Star Belgrade

Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade signed Bukari [14] [15] on 21 June 2022 in a deal worth €3 million. He made his club debut against Radnički Niš [16] and got on the scoresheet in the same match. He was man of the match with three goals in an assist in Red Star Belgrade's UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Pyunik, [17] in which the Serbian team won 5–0. Bukari scored one of the best goals seen in Eternal derby when he scored with a fine left-footed volley in Red Star Belgrade's 1–1 draw at rivals Partizan. [18]

In their first match at the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League against Manchester City, he scored club's only goal in their 3–1 defeat. [19]

International career

Bukari made his Ghana bow on 25 March 2021 against South Africa [20] in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match. Good performances on the club level for FC Nantes and Red Star Belgrade earned him a Black Stars recall and he's been a regular for the national team since March 2022. He scored his first goal for his country on 1 June 2022 in an AFCON qualifier against Madagascar. [21] Bukari has been called up by national coach Otto Addo to represent the Black Stars in the 2022 World Cup. [22] In his World Cup debut, Bukari scored in the 90th minute in a 3–2 loss to Portugal, and performed the renowned celebration of their captain Cristiano Ronaldo. [23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AS Trenčín 2018–19 [24] [25] SLSL 221424 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 2] 0321
2019–20 [24] [25] 251041–1 [lower-alpha 2] 03011
2020–21 [24] [25] 4200––42
Total51138340306616
Gent 2020–21 [24] BFDA 254207 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 4] 0354
Nantes (loan) 2021–22 [24] Ligue 1 242200000262
Red Star Belgrade 2022–23 [24] SESL 3012009 [lower-alpha 5] 3003915
2023-24 [24] 227004 [lower-alpha 6] 100268
Total521900134006523
Career total152381232444019245
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in play-offs
  3. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Belgian First Division A play-offs
  5. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 7 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 202120
202272
202341
Total133

International goals

As of match played 27 March 2023.Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bukari goal.
List of international goals scored by Osman Bukari
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 June 2022 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana 5Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 3–03–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
224 November 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 8Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2–32–3 2022 FIFA World Cup
327 March 2023 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola 9Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1–11–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Nantes

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

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