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Sadiq Umar
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Nigerian association football player
OverviewAI-generated
Sadiq Umar is a Nigerian male association football player born in Seville on February 2, 1997. He plays as a forward and represents Nigeria in international competition. His career includes membership with AS Roma, Spezia Calcio, FK Partizan, and Unión Deportiva Almería. He has also been associated with Real Sociedad. Umar participated in football at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Standing 192 cm tall and weighing 75 kg, he wears the number 19. His native language is Hausa, and he also speaks English and Nigerian Pidgin. Umar follows Islam. He began his work period in 2013.
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Key facts
- 2014
- → Lavagnese (loan)
- 2016
- Nigeria U23
- 2017
- → Torino (loan)
- 2018
- → NAC Breda (loan)
- 2019
- → Perugia (loan)
- 2020
- Partizan
- 2022
- Nigeria
- 2025
- → Valencia (loan)
- 2026
- Valencia
- Full name
- Umar Sadiq Mesbah
- Date of birth
- ( 1997-02-02 ) 2 February 1997 (age 29)
- Place of birth
- Kaduna , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Striker
- Current team
- Valencia
- 2014 2015
- Spezia
- Years
- Team
- 2014 2016
- Spezia
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Real Sociedad
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sadiq
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Seville
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Native language
- Hausa
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- football at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Valencia CF
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Sadiq Umar.jpg
- Height
- 192
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1997-02-02
- Commons category
- Umar Sadiq
- sport number
- 19
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2024
Umar Sadiq Mesbah Listen (born 2 February 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Valencia and the Nigeria national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sadiq Umar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.