Derick Ogbu

Gulf

Ogbu started his career in Al-Salam where he played for one season and became the joint top scorer in the Oman Professional League, scoring 12 goals in the 2008/2009 season. In February 2010, he took an important step in his career making a free transfer to Umm Salal in the Qatar Stars League. At that time Umm Salal was just celebrating their massive achievement, being the first Qatar club to reach the Asian Champions League Quarterfinals. Henk ten Cate gave young Ogbu his debut, both in the league games and in the cup. Ogbu scored an important goal on his debut in the cup, which led his team to the Quarter and semi-final and Final. As a young striker, he led the front line in his first massive game in the Qatar Crown Prince Cup Final, where he played 90minutes in front of a massive crowd of 55,000 fans in attendance in Khalifa International Stadium, of which both the late Ruler of Qatar( Hamad Bin Khalifa At Thani and formal president of Brazil Lulu de Silva was in attendance. After a season and a half, with 5 goals in his senior games, and 10 goals in reserve games, he left for trial at PSV Eindhoven during the 2011/2012 pre-season on the recommendation of then Umm Salal manager Henk ten Cate. However, his trials with Eindhoven were successful, as he scored in all the 3 test games. Still, unfortunately, he did not sign for them because of the financial situation of Eindhoven and also more complications as he comes from outside the EU, but Fred Rutten, the…