Rashid Nuhu

Rashid Nuhu (born 7 December 1995) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Union Omaha in USL League One.

Rashid Nuhu
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-07) December 7, 1995
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Union Omaha
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2011 Right to Dream Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Fordham Rams 74 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Westchester Flames 9 (0)
2018 New York Red Bulls U-23 8 (0)
2019 New York Red Bulls II 4 (0)
2020– Union Omaha 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2020

Career

Youth and college

Nuhu played four years of college soccer at Fordham University between 2015 and 2018, where he made a total of 74 appearances for the Rams. He was named first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference in both his junior and senior seasons and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament as a sophomore after posting three consecutive shoutouts as Fordham won the tournament.[1]

While at college, Nuhu also played in the USL PDL for both Westchester Flames, in 2016,[2] and New York Red Bulls U-23 in 2018.[3][4]

New York Red Bulls II

On January 14, 2019, Nuhu was drafted 70th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls.[5] On May 6, 2019, Nuhu signed for the club's USL Championship affiliate New York Red Bulls II.[6]

Union Omaha

On February 16, 2020, Nuhu was announced by Union Omaha in a Twitter video [7] before the teams' first preseason match against Real Monarchs at the 2020 Wasatch Winter Cup.

Personal

Rashid is the young brother of Ghanaian international footballer Razak Nuhu.[8]

References
  1. "Rashid Nuhu - Men's Soccer". Fordham University Athletics.
  2. "Westchester Flames - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Rashid Nuhu -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  3. "Statistics - 2018 Regular Season - USL League Two". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  4. Fido, Austin (December 13, 2018). "Four prospects connected to New York Red Bulls on initial list for 2019 MLS Player Combine". Once A Metro.
  5. "Janos Loebe and Rashid Nuhu Drafted By New York Red Bulls".
  6. "NYRB II Add Goalkeeping Depth | New York Red Bulls".
  7. "#UnionOmahaSigning". twitter.com.
  8. "VIDEO: Goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu making waves in United States". GhanaSoccernet.
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