Osama Vinladen

Osama Vinladen Jiménez López (born 7 October 2002) is a Peruvian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian Primera División. He made his debut for Unión Comercio on 30 May 2018, when he came on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Universidad San Martín. He was also part of Peru's under-15 team at the 2017 South American U-15 Championship.

Personal life
Vinladen is named after Osama bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda. His brother is named Sadam Huseín, after the dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. His father also planned to name the third sibling George Bush, after U.S. president George W. Bush if it had been a boy. When Vinladen had a son, his father suggested to name the child George Bush, but he chose a different name. When Vinladen asked his father why he was named after Osama bin Laden, he did not get an answer from him. To avoid criticism, only his first name "Osama" appears on his jersey.

In an interview, a journalist asked him if it was dishonourable to have the name of someone as bad as bin Laden. Vinladen answered "I do not believe my name to be problematic," and used Peruvian politician Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez, who won a mayoral election over the ironically-named Vladimir Lenin Rodríguez Valverde in 2018, and Brazilian footballer Marx Lenin as other people with similarly controversial names.

Career statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUnión Comercio2018Torneo Descentralizado100000102020Liga 22000002020211623000192202219100001912023Liga 170000070202450000050Career total5033000533

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Category:2002 births
Category:Living people
Category:Peruvian footballers
Category:Association football midfielders