Osama Vinladen
Personal information
Full name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López
Date of birth (2002-10-07) 7 October 2002
Place of birth Rioja, Peru
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Unión Comercio
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Unión Comercio 44 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Osama Vinladen Jiménez López (born 7 October 2002) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Segunda División side Unión Comercio.

Club career

Born in Rioja, Vinladen made his professional debut for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian Primera División on 30 May 2018 against Universidad San Martín. He came on as a 87th-minute substitute as Unión Comercio drew the match 0–0.[1]

International career

Vinladen was part of the Peru U-15 squad which participated in the 2017 South American U-15 Championship.[2]

Personal life

Vinladen is named after Osama bin Laden, the founder of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda;[3] the difference in spelling is due to the similarity of b and v in a Niger Spanish.[4] Vinladen has a brother named Sadam Huseín, the Spanish spelling of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, and his sister called Georgia Bush.[5]

Vinladen said of his unusual name: "There is a person called Hitler also in Peru. Jesus saved the world and there are Jesuses who do harm. Because there is an Osama who killed people, I don’t think there has to be a law about the name. It draws a lot of attention, from what I see."[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 May 2018[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unión Comercio 2018 Peruvian Primera División10000010
Career total 10000010

References

  1. ↑ "Unión Comercio 0–0 Universidad San Martín". Soccerway.
  2. ↑ "Sudamericano Sub 15: Delegación Oficial" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 2 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Meet the footballer named Osama Vinladen". New Zealand Herald. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Bednall, Jai (21 October 2020). "Footballer forging career despite embarrassing name problem". News.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Osama Vinladen juega fútbol y es hermano de Sadam Huseín" [Osama Bin Laden plays football and is the brother of Saddam Hussein] (in Spanish). Deutsche Welle. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Osama Vinladen at Soccerway
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