Paul Osew

Paul Osew
Osew in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Paul Asiedu Osew[1]
Date of birth (2000-11-25) 25 November 2000
Place of birth Wandsworth, England[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Bangor
Youth career
2008–2010 Chelsea Kicks
2010–2011 Evolution Sports & Health Academy
2011–2014 Brentford
2015–2019 AFC Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Raynes Park Vale 2 (0)
2019–2023 AFC Wimbledon 59 (1)
2023 Northampton Town 4 (0)
2023–2024 Woking 5 (1)
2024 Welling United 6 (0)
2025– Bangor 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:40, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Paul Asiedu Osew (born 25 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for NIFL Premiership club Bangor.

Osew is a product of the Brentford and AFC Wimbledon academies and played in the English Football League for the latter club between 2019 and 2023. Following a short spell with Northampton Town and a period as a free agent, he dropped into non-League football in December 2023.

Career

Early years

Osew began his youth career with spells as Chelsea Kicks and in the Evolution Sports & Health Academy. Following a rejection by Chelsea Academy for being "too small",[3] he joined the Brentford academy at the age of 11.[4] At age 15, Osew signed a scholarship deal with AFC Wimbledon, after previously being a part of the club's Foundation's College Education programme.[5] During his time in the club's youth system, he was converted from a forward to a left back.[5] During the first month of the 2017–18 season, Osew played the first senior matches of his career for Combined Counties League First Division club Raynes Park Vale,[6] on an ad-hoc basis.[5]

AFC Wimbledon

After progressing into AFC Wimbledon's U23 team during the 2018–19 season, Osew signed his first professional contract with the League One club in April 2019.[7] He was a regular inclusion in the first team squad during the truncated 2019–20 season and by the time his season was ended by a stress fracture to his tibia in March 2020,[8][9] he had made 23 appearances and scored one goal.[10] On 8 January 2020, Osew signed a contract extension and made 14 appearances during the 2020–21 season,[8] scoring one goal.[11] He improved his tally to 32 appearances during the 2021–22 season,[12] which culminated in relegation to League Two.[13] Osew proved his versatility as a utility player in defence and midfield during the season and scored one goal,[3] with the only goal of an EFL Cup first round win over Charlton Athletic on 10 August 2022.[12]

Osew was offered a new two-year contract in May 2022,[14] but delayed signing it until 21 August 2022,[15] due to a need to recover from injury.[16] He returned to match play six days later and following six appearances,[17] he was sidelined for two months with an ankle injury.[18][19] Osew failed to appear again before agreeing a mutual termination of his contract on 1 February 2023.[20] He made 76 appearances and scored three goals during 3+1⁄2 years as a professional with the club.[20]

Northampton Town

Following a period training with the Chelsea Development Squad,[21] Osew transferred to League Two club Northampton Town on 10 March 2023 and signed a contract running until the end of the 2022–23 season.[22][23] He made four appearances during the remainder of the club's promotion-winning season and was released when his contract expired.[17][24][25]

Woking

On 8 December 2023, Osew joined National League club Woking on a contract running until the end of the 2023–24 season.[26][27] He made six appearances during the remainder of the season, scoring one goal, which came with the winner on his league debut, in a 2–1 victory over Dorking Wanderers on 16 December.[2] Osew departed the Kingfield Stadium when his contract expired.[27]

Welling United

Following trials with clubs in Germany and Belgium,[21] Osew signed signed an undisclosed-length contract with National League South club Welling United on 27 September 2024.[28] After making 9 appearances,[29] he was made available for transfer on 9 December.[30]

Bangor

On 5 August 2025, Osew signed an undisclosed-length contract with NIFL Premiership club Bangor.[31]

Personal life

Born in England, Osew is of Ghanaian descent.[32] He attended Sudbourne Primary School, Brixton and Southfields Academy, Southfields.[4][33] Osew is a drummer and as of February 2022, was playing in church on Sundays.[3] In March 2022, he became an ambassador for the AFC Wimbledon Education Hub at Plough Lane.[33]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Raynes Park Vale 2017–18[6] Combined Counties League First Division 2 0 ― ― ― 2 0
AFC Wimbledon 2019–20[10] League One 18 1 2 0 1 0 2[c] 0 23 1
2020–21[11] League One 10 0 0 0 0 0 4[c] 1 14 1
2021–22[12] League One 27 0 2 0 2 1 1[c] 0 32 1
2022–23[17] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[c] 0 6 0
Total 59 1 4 0 3 1 9 1 75 3
Northampton Town 2022–23[17] League Two 4 0 ― ― ― 4 0
Woking 2023–24[2] National League 5 1 ― ― 1[d] 0 6 1
Welling United 2024–25[29] National League South 6 0 ― ― 3[e] 0 9 0
Bangor 2025–26[2] NIFL Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 76 2 4 0 3 1 13 1 96 4
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Irish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Northern Ireland League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  5. ^ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup, 1 appearance in London Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: AFC Wimbledon" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Paul Osew at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c Cornell, Rob. "Paul bangs the drum for more points". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Slavin, Chris (27 November 2019). "Paul moves on quickly after leaving Brentford behind". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Slavin, Chris (29 August 2019). "From Raynes Park Vale to Wimbledon's first-team". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Paul Osew – Raynes Park Vale FC First Team". Raynes Park Vale F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Trio sign pro deals at AFC Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Dons full-back signs new contract at Wimbledon". AFC Wimbledon. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Paul ruled out for six weeks with stress fracture". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Games played by Paul Osew in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Games played by Paul Osew in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "Games played by Paul Osew in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ^ AFC Wimbledon at the Football Club History Database
  14. ^ "Retained List Announced". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Defender signs new deal". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  16. ^ Brack, Edmund (23 July 2022). "'It has gone on longer than you would hope' – Dons boss on contract talks with defender". South London News. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d "Games played by Paul Osew in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  18. ^ Brack, Edmund (13 October 2022). "AFC Wimbledon boss has injury update on sidelined quartet". South London News. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Trophy exit for Dons after Argyle fightback". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  20. ^ a b Thorpe, Chris. "Paul leaves after seven years". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  21. ^ a b Brack, Edmund (18 October 2024). "'I actually contemplated: 'Maybe it's time to stop playing?' – Former AFC Wimbledon defender Paul Osew opens up on wait for club after landing Welling deal". South London News. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Paul Osew Signs for Northampton Town". Northampton Town. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Paul Osew – Defender – First Team – Northampton Town". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  24. ^ Northampton Town F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  25. ^ "Northampton Town Retained List". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  26. ^ Bewsey, William (8 December 2023). "Paul Osew Signs". Woking F.C. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  27. ^ a b "2023/24 Retained and Released List". Woking FC. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  28. ^ "Wings sign left-back Paul Osew". Welling United. 28 September 2024.
  29. ^ a b "Paul Osew | Player Profile". Aylesbury United Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  30. ^ "Squad update". wellingunited.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Bangor sign former Football League star ahead of Premiership return". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 5 August 2025. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  32. ^ "Exclusive: Sunderland in pursuit of Ghanaian defender Paul Osew". Footballghana. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  33. ^ a b "Paul shows the way to Plough Lane's class of 2022". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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