Claudius Osei

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Claudius Osei (born June 20, 1980 in Hamburg ) is a former German American football player of Ghanaian descent.

career

Osei grew up in the Hamburg districts of Lurup and Eidelstedt , he attended high school on Dörpsweg . He was involved in kickboxing , soccer and athletics , and when he was 16 he joined the Hamburg Blue Devils , having played American football for a short time at the age of twelve, but stopped because there was no team for his age group. In the 1998 and 1999 seasons he was part of the Hamburg Bundesliga squad, so he was a teammate of his older brother Padmore and participated in the two Eurobowl victories in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, Osei, who was a Ghanaian and then a German citizen until he was 18, played for the first time in the German national team.

In 1999 Osei went to the United States , played football for a year at the North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee, and was on the Florida State University team from 2000 to 2004 while studying real estate and business administration.

In the game years 2005 and 2006 Osei was in his hometown with the Hamburg Sea Devils under contract and played a total of 15 games for the team in the NFL Europe .

In 2005 he was on the training roster of the NFL team Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2006 the New York Giants .

He was used during his career in the positions of rover, defensive back , wide receiver and safety.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claudius Osei. In: nfl.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ A b Claudius Osei (18): From the Hamburg Blue Devils directly to the national football team: Devilish talent fights hard for every yard. November 11, 1998, accessed on January 26, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ ACHIM LEONI, STEFAN RECKZIEGEL: EXTENSION - SEA DEVIL CLAUDIUS OSEI ON THE SELECTION IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL AND THE DIFFERENCES TO HIS OLD HOME - “Germans are more concerned with themselves” . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . March 18, 2006, p. 40 ( abendblatt.de [PDF; 136 kB ; accessed on January 26, 2020]).
  4. ↑ a b Not Your Average Defensive Back - Claudius Osei. September 22, 2004, accessed January 26, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Hamburg Blue Devils NAMES, DATES, FACTS. (PDF; 957 kB) In: fk-hbd.de. Förderkreis Hamburg Blue Devils eV Hamburg, December 31, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Claudius Osei. In: Florida State Football Media Guide 2004. Florida State University, accessed January 26, 2020 .
  7. ^ A b Claudius Osei - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP; EIGHT EARN PLACE ON NFL PRACTICE SQUADS FOR 2006 (Microsoft Word - International Players Continue to Develop.doc - International Players Continue to Develop.pdf). (PDF; 416 kB) In: nfl.info. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, August 2, 2006, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Osei, Claudius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German American football player
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg