Sam Cosgrove

**Sam Benjamin Cosgrove** (an haife shi a ranar 2 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1996) ya kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Ingila wanda ke taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba na kulob din A-League Auckland FC .

Cosgrove ya fara aikinsa tare da kungiyar Wigan Athletic, kuma yana da aro a wasan kwallon kafa tare da Barrow, Chorley, Nantwich Town da North Ferriby United kafin ya fara buga wasan kwallon kafa na farko tare da Carlisle United. Nasarar yanayi uku tare da Aberdeen a Firayim Ministan Scotland ta riga ta koma kwallon kafa ta Ingila tare da Birmingham City a 2021. Bayan rance a Shrewsbury Town, AFC Wimbledon da kuma Plymouth Argyle, ya sanya hannu ga Barnsley a 2023. Yana da aro a Stockport County, kuma a ƙarshen kwangilarsa a Barnsley, Cosgrove ya koma New Zealand, ya sanya hannu ga Auckland FC.

## Ayyuka

### Rayuwa ta farko da aiki
Cosgrove was born in 1996 in Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. His family moved to Cheshire while he was still a baby, and he attended Knutsford High School. He grew up as a Manchester City fan. Cosgrove began his youth football career as an under-10 with Everton, but was released at 16. He signed scholarship forms with Wigan Athletic in 2013, and took his A levels during that time rather than the standard sports-related BTEC course.

Kasancewar Cosgrove na farko a ranar wasa tare da babbar kungiyar ta zo ne yayin da yake karatun shekara ta biyu, a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin ci gabansa, lokacin da kocin Malky Mackay ya nada shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin ziyarar zagaye na uku na FA Cup zuwa Bolton Wanderers a ranar 3 ga Janairun 2015. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar don wasanni hudu a cikin Janairu, kowane lokaci a matsayin mai maye gurbin da ba a yi amfani da shi ba. Bayan ya zira kwallaye 44 daga wasanni 40 a cikin shekaru biyu tare da kungiyar Wigan ta kasa da shekaru 18,  ya kasance daya daga cikin malaman shida da aka ba su kwangilar sana'a ta farko. 

### Carlisle United
Bayan gwaji a farkon kakar wasa, Cosgrove ya sanya hannu a kulob din Carlisle United a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta 2017 a kan yarjejeniyar gajeren lokaci har zuwa watan Janairu. A kan Fleetwood Town a zagaye na farko na Kofin EFL a ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, ya zo a matsayin mai maye gurbin minti 90 kuma ya taimaka wa tawagar ta lashe 2-1 bayan karin lokaci. Kwanaki hudu bayan haka, ya fara buga gasar kwallon kafa, kuma a matsayin mai maye gurbinsa, a nasarar 2-1 a kan Cambridge United. Cosgrove ya sami damar da yake da ita a tawagar farko: ya kasance na yau da kullun a kan benci amma da wuya ya bar shi. Ya fara farawa ba zato ba tsammani a ranar Sabuwar Shekara a cikin asarar da aka yi wa Mansfield Town, ya kasance Mutumin wasan a wasan da ba a ci kwallo ba tare da kulob din Sheffield a Gasar cin kofin FA,  an tsawaita kwantiraginsa zuwa ƙarshen kakar, kuma a ranar 13 ga Janairu ya zira kwallaye na farko don samun nasara 1-0 a kan Crewe Alexandra.  Ya sake buga wasanni biyu kafin kulob din ya karɓi tayin don ayyukansa.

### Aberdeen
A ranar 31 ga watan Janairun 2018, Cosgrove ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyu da rabi tare da kungiyar Firayim Minista na Scotland Aberdeen don kuɗin da ba a bayyana ba, wanda aka ruwaito daban-daban a matsayin £ 25,000, £ 30,000, ko £ 40,000. Dan wasan ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar kwangila tare da Aberdeen don shiga a ƙarshen kakar, amma kulob din Carlisle "da jinkiri" ya yanke shawarar cewa zai fi kyau kada a jira. Minti takwas a cikin karon farko, da aka ci Celtic 2-0 a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, An kore shi don "ƙalubalen da ba shi da hankali" a kan kyaftin din adawa Scott Brown .  Bayan ya buga minti 11 kawai a gasar cin Kofin Scotland a cikin 'yan makonni masu zuwa, ya fara Aberdeen na farko a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, ya kafa burin Anthony O'Connor a cikin nasarar 2-0 a kan Hearts, kuma ya taimaka musu su doke Celtic a wasan karshe na kakar don kammala a matsayin masu tseren.

### Birnin Birmingham
Cosgrove ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru uku da rabi tare da kungiyar Championship ta Birmingham City a ranar 31 ga watan Janairun 2021. Ba a bayyana kuɗin a hukumance ba. Jaridar News da Star sun ruwaito cewa Carlisle United za ta amfana daga sashi na sayarwa, mai yiwuwa har zuwa kashi 20% na ribar Aberdeen akan yarjejeniyar. Ya fara bugawa a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu a matsayin mai maye gurbin marigayi a cikin nasarar 3-2 ga AFC Bournemouth,  amma kodayake kungiyar tana buƙatar kwallaye kuma kocin Aitor Karanka ya bayyana cewa idan sa hannun Janairu "ba za su fara [a ranar 13 ga Fabrairun] nan ba da daɗewa ba",  bayyanarsa uku kafin a kori Karanka wata daya bayan haka duk daga benci ne. Kocin kocin mai zuwa Lee Bowyer, wanda aka ba shi aiki tare da samun nasarar cin kofin, ya zaɓi Scott Hogan da Lukas Jutkiewicz a matsayin yajin aikinsa na zabi. Ya ga Cosgrove a matsayin mai iya maye gurbin Jutkiewicz, amma ba tare da jiki da daidaito na aikin ba, kuma kawai lokacin da aka kauce wa sakewa tare da wasanni biyu har yanzu suna wasa Cosgrove ya fara farawa a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan wasan da yawa waɗanda Bowyer ke so ya tantance.

#### Kudin ga garin Shrewsbury da AFC Wimbledon
Ya shiga kungiyar League One ta Shrewsbury Town a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta 2021 a kan aro don kakar,  kuma ya fara bugawa bayan kwana uku zuwa Morecambe, ya maye gurbin Nathanael Ogbeta a rabin lokacin tare da kungiyarsa 2-0 ƙasa. Kodayake bangarensa sun kasance, a cewar Shropshire Star, "mafi kaifi bayan hutu", ci ya kasance ba a canza shi ba.

### Barnsley
Cosgrove ya buga wa Birmingham wasa sau biyu a gasar cin kofin EFL ta 2023-24 kuma ya kasance na yau da kullun a kan benci a wasannin Championship,  kafin a sake shi a ranar 1 ga Satumba don ba shi damar shiga kungiyar League One ta Barnsley a kwangilar shekaru biyu. 

Tare da kwangilarsa ta Barnsley saboda ya ƙare, Cosgrove ya shiga abokan hamayyarsa na League One Stockport County a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu 2025 a kan aro har zuwa ƙarshen kakar 2024-25. Barnsley ne ya sake shi a ƙarshen kakar 2024-25.

### Auckland FC
A ranar 19 ga watan Agustan 2025, Auckland FC ta sanar da Cosgrove a matsayin sabon sa hannun su.  A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 2025, Cosgrove ya zira kwallaye na farko a nasarar 2-1 a kan Adelaide United. 

## Manazarta