Muhammed Usman Edu

For other people named Mohammed Usman, see Mohammed Usman (disambiguation).

Yusuf Mohammed Usman Edu^[1] (born 2 March 1994) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Bnei Reineh.

Muhammed Usman

Usman at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Usman [1]
Date of birth	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 31)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–2013	Ranchers Bees
2013–2016	Taraba
2016–2017	União Madeira	0	(0)
2018–2019	Sarpsborg 08	11	(1)
2019	Pyunik	13	(2)
2019	Tambov	1	(0)
2020	Shakhter Karagandy	18	(1)
2021–2022	Hapoel Hadera	37	(1)
2022–2023	Sektzia Ness Ziona	27	(1)
2023–	Maccabi Bnei Reineh	37	(3)
International career‡
2016	Nigeria U23	3	(0)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:57, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

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 Ranchers Bees. After a year, he left and joined Taraba whom he later helped to the gain promotion to the Nigerian Premier League. 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.^[2]

He was released by Russian club FC Tambov in December 2019.^[3]

Honours

Nigeria U23

• Olympic Bronze Medal: 2016