Aminu Sani Explained

Aminu Sani
Birth Date:14 May 1980
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria
Position:Central or left midfielder
Years2:1996–1997
Years3:1997–1998
Years4:1999–2003
Years5:2002–2003
Years6:2003–2004
Years7:2004–2006
Years8:2006–2008
Years9:2008–2009
Clubs9:Radnički Kragujevac
Caps4:8
Caps5:6
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:1999
Nationalteam1:Nigeria U-20

Aminu Sani (born 14 May 1980 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional football player.

Club career

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

He was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team in 1999.[4]

Honours

Club Brugge

2001–02[5]

2002[6]

External sources

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Aminu-Sani.htm Profile for Club Brugge seasons
  2. http://www.rwdm.-fcbrussels.be/11-FICHES/fiche-stats2003.html Stats for FC Brussels
  3. http://www.kfkradnicki.com/2008/11/26/aminu-sani/ Interview
  4. http://www.mclglobal.com/History/Mar1999/08c1999/08c9s.html Nigeria under-20 match report
  5. News: CUP BELGIUM. FINAL. besoccer.com. 20 April 2022.
  6. News: RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2. clubbrugge.be. 20 April 2022. 7 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230407170052/https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/content/racing-genk-club-brugge-0-2. dead.