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Bello Razaq

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Bello Razaq
Personal information
Full name Rasaq Oladimeji Bello
Date of birth (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Aryan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Fransa-Pax
2002–2005 Salgaocar[2]
2006 Fransa-Pax
2007 Sporting Goa
2008 Mahindra United
2009–2012 Chirag United Kerala
2012–2014 United SC 45 (4)
2014 Tollygunge Agragami 8 (1)
2014–2015 Mohun Bagan 20 (1)
2015–2016 East Bengal 16 (1)
2017 Gokulam FC 4 (1)
2018– Aryan 3 (0)
International career
1998 Nigeria U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Rasaq Oladimeji Bello (born 19 August 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer,[3] who plays for Aryan as a centre-back in the Calcutta Football League.

Career

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Razaq played for Viva Kerala before heading towards United SC of Kolkata.[4]

He first established himself in Indian football while playing for United SC. He contributed a lot to the success of United SC during 2012–14. The high point of, which came in 2012 when the club lifted the IFA Shield by defeating East Bengal 1–0. United Sports Club has been under severe financial constraint in 2013–14 and Bello along with the other team mates, decided to carry on for the sake of the team. They practically played without salary for most of the season and saved relegation in the 2013–14 I league.[5][6] For the 2014–15 season, Bello joined in Mohun Bagan and played a key role in Mohun Bagan's i-League triumph. Bello scored his first goal for Mohun Bagan A.C. in the last fixture of the 2014-15 I-League season against Bengaluru FC. His header only three minutes from time handed Mohun Bagan their fourth national league title.[7] For 2015–16 season, he switched over to the other Kolkata giant East Bengal F.C., the main rival of Mohun Bagan.[8] In 2018, he appeared with Aryan.[8]

Honours

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Mohun Bagan

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile – Club career – Season statistics: Bello RAZAQ". footballdatabase.eu. FootballDatabase Europe. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Leading Goal Scorers". Rediff.com. 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ Shukla, Abhishek (7 July 2018). "I-League 2010/11 final standings". indianfooty.com. Indian Footy. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Senyo, Dzisah move to India". modernghana.com. Modern Ghana. GSN. 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. ^ RASAQ OLADIMEJI BELLO – I-League
  6. ^ "Bello". Mohun Bagan. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Bengaluru FC 1–1 Mohun Bagan: Mariners are the I-League champions". Goal.com. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b Mukherjee, Soham (28 August 2018). "CFL 2018: Mohun Bagan face stern test against Aryan before Kolkata Derby". Goal.com. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.