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
Team 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 89 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023

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

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 clean sheets 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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