Aminu Sani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central or left midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Katsina City Rolers | |||
| 1996–1997 | Katsina United | ||
| 1997–1998 | Atalanta | ||
| 1999–2003 | Club Brugge | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | FC Brussels | 6 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Hapoel Beer Sheva | ||
| 2004–2006 | Giulianova Calcio | ||
| 2006–2008 | Alghero Calcio | ||
| 2008–2009 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Nigeria U-20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aminu Sani (born 14 May 1980 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional football player.
Club career
[edit]Sani started playing professionally in Katsina United, but soon, at 17 years, he went to Italy and signed with Atalanta Bergamo. After one season, he signed with top Belgian club Club Brugge where he stayed until 2003.[1] In the last season he was loaned, in the last half of the season, to FC Brussels, known in that period by the name of KFC Strombeek.[2] In summer 2003, he moved to Israel to play in Hapoel Be'er Sheva. A series of injuries made him almost give up, but in December 2006, he signed with a lower Italian league side Alghero Calcio, where he expected to return to his maximum form. In 2008, he moved to Serbia to play in FK Radnički Kragujevac.[3]
International career
[edit]He was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team in 1999.[4]
Honours
[edit]Club Brugge
References
[edit]- ^ Profile for Club Brugge seasons at VoetbalInternational
- ^ Stats for FC Brussels[permanent dead link] at FC Brussels official website
- ^ Interview Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at FK Radnički 1928 official website
- ^ Nigeria under-20 match report at MclGlobal.com
- ^ "CUP BELGIUM. FINAL". besoccer.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
External sources
[edit]- Aminu Sani at Club Brugge official website
- Profile in As
- Player profile in official Club Brugge website
- Profile at Srbijafudbal
- Signing with italian side Alghero
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- Living people
- 1980 births
- Footballers from Lagos
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Atalanta BC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Club Brugge KV players
- Belgian Pro League players
- R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- FK Radnički 1923 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Men's association football midfielders
- Katsina United F.C. players
- Serbian First League players
- Polisportiva Alghero players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football midfielder stubs