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Oscar Bobb (born 12 July 2003) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing as a forward for Manchester City.

Oscar Bobb

Personal information
Full name	Oscar Bobb[1]
Date of birth	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 19)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway[2]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	52
Youth career
0000–2015	Lyn
2017–2019	Vålerenga
2019–	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Manchester City	0	(0)
National team‡
2019	Norway U16	12	(1)
2020	Norway U17	1	(0)
2021	Norway U18	9	(3)
2022–	Norway U19	4	(0)
2022–	Norway U21	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2022

Early life

Born in Oslo, Bobb played for Lyn at youth level. In 2013, he began being linked with Portuguese club Porto, after performing well at a youth tournament in Algarve.[3] Porto reached out to Bobb's mother, Turid Gunnes [no], to convince the young footballer to sign with them, even going as far as to pay for the two of them to visit the club in Porto.[3] In October 2015, Gunnes moved to Portugal on her own, before signing documentation in November of the same year for Bobb to be enrolled in the Portuguese Football Federation.[3]

Despite the documentation being rejected by FIFA in January 2016, Bobb and his mother remained in Porto, and in January 2017 he attempted to sign with Escola de Futebol Hernâni Gonçalves.[3] However, FIFA were not convinced that Bobb's mother had moved to Portugal of her own volition, to pursue an acting career, nor that the Escola de Futebol Hernâni Gonçalves were independent from Porto, and refused Bobb an international transfer certificate.[3][4]

The case reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who sided with FIFA, and Bobb was told to return to Norway.[3] He would go on to sign for fellow Oslo-based club Vålerenga.[3]

Club career

Bobb joined Premier League side Manchester City in July 2019.[5] In October of the same year, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as the best young talent at Manchester City of his age group.[6]

After a relatively slow start, compared to other youth players brought in at the same time, Bobb cemented his place in Manchester City's under-23 side, notching a number of assists in his first full season.[7] As a reward for his fine form for the reserve side, Bobb was named on the Manchester City bench for the first time, in an FA Cup third round tie against Swindon Town on 7 January 2022, though he did not feature.[8][9]

Style of play

Comfortable on the ball, and described by Manchester City as a "incredibly technically gifted midfielder", Bobb has been compared to Argentine football legend Lionel Messi for his style of play.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 January 2022.[11]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City U21	2020–21	—			—		—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
	2021–22	—			—		—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
Manchester City	2021–22	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0

Notes

References

External links

• Oscar Bobb at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

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