Richie Omorowa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Efosa Richie Omorowa | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Akalla, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Excelsior | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Akropolis | |||
| 2013–2020 | AIK | ||
| 2020–2022 | Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Brommapojkarna | 23 | (4) |
| 2023– | Excelsior | 34 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Sweden U19 | 14 | (2) |
| 2024– | Sweden U21 | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 1 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:10, 18 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Efosa Richie Omorowa (born 30 March 2004) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Excelsior.
Career
[edit]Omorowa is a youth product of the Swedish club AIK, moving to the youth side of Brommapojkarna on 18 July 2021.[1] He began his senior career with Brommapojkarna in 2022 and helped them win the 2022 Superettan.[2] On 28 July 2023, he transferred to Dutch club Excelsior on a 2-year contract.[3] He scored as a substitute in his debut with Excelsior, a 4–3 Eredivisie win over NEC.[4]
International career
[edit]Omorowa was born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and Ivorian mother.[5] He is a youth international for Sweden, having played up to the Sweden U19s.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Brommapojkarna
References
[edit]- ^ "Officiellt: Ljungskile SK värvar Ylber Maloku". fotbolltransfers.com.
- ^ "Avslöjar: BP-talangen på väg att säljas till Eredivisie". www.expressen.se. 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Zevende versterking Excelsior komt uit Zweden". Voetbal International. 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Drie Zweedse aanwinsten helpen Excelsior aan heerlijke zege op NEC (3-4)". www.rijnmond.nl. 13 August 2023.
- ^ Eersel, Dennis van (11 August 2023). "Hoe de selectie van Excelsior een transformatie krijgt tijdens deze 'Zweedse zomer'". www.rijnmond.nl.
- ^ Kjellberg, Hampus (7 March 2023). "P19-landslagets trupp och spelschema till Elite Round - EM-fotboll.se".
External links
[edit]- Richie Omorowa at Soccerway
- Richie Omorowa at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Stockholm
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Swedish people of Nigerian descent
- Swedish people of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Eredivisie players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Excelsior Rotterdam players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen