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American former soccer player

Owen Otasowie
Personal information
Full name Ebeguowen Otasowie
Date of birth (2001-01-06) January 6, 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth New York City, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2015–2017 Mass Elite Academy
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (0)
2021–2022 Club Brugge 1 (0)
2022 → 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 former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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. On January 1, 2020, Otasowie signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves.

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. Otasowie made his full Premier League debut in Wolves's next game, away at Burnley, on December 21, 2020.

Club Brugge

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. Otasowie made his debut for Club on July 17, 2022, during their 2022 Belgian Super Cup victory over Gent. In November 2022, Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported Otasowie had stopped being paid by Club Brugge after going absent without leave a number of times.

International career

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. He made his senior debut on November 12, 2020, coming on in the 87th minute of a 0–0 draw against Wales.

Otasowie is also eligible to represent England or Nigeria.

Personal life

He is a Burberry model.

In 2021, Otasowie founded fashion brand Carsicko.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played September 17, 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2020–21 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 — — — — 3 0 3 0
2020–21 EFL Trophy — — — — 2 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 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. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

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

Honors

Club Brugge

References

  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. "Een miskoop van 4 miljoen: Owen Otasowie is al tijdje spoorloos, Club Brugge haalt middenvelder van de loonlijst" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. November 9, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  10. "USMNT ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: BERHALTER CALLS 24 PLAYERS FOR NOVEMBER CAMP MATCHES VS WALES AND PANAMA". ussoccer.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  11. "Internationals - Boly and Otasowie make national team debuts". Wolverhampton. November 13, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  12. "USMNT Newbies: Reyna, Musah, Richards and Ledezma Headline List of 10 November Camp Newbies". ussoccer.com.
  13. Spiers, Tim. "Wolves' US Burberry model who started playing football at 14". The Athletic.
  14. "Carsicko". 7igures. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Games played by Owen Otasowie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  16. "Otasowie, Owen". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

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