Super Eagles defender, Gabriel Osho has picked out Luton head coach Rob Edwards as the coach behind his football progress, Sports247 reports.
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Gabriel Osho played the last two matches for the Super Eagles in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and got his international debut in between.
The Auxerre FC defender waited for his debut for over 16 months when he was first approached by the Nigeria Football Federation while he was playing at Luton Town FC as his career took off from lowly beginning to an all time high of playing in the English Premier League.
In a chat with Flashscore, Gabriel Osho credited coach Rob Edwards for making a lot of difference in his career.
“When Rob Edwards took over Luton it was a bit of a turbulent time for me and he really helped me. He really put a lot of faith in me.”
“I owe that to him and he’s a nice guy and a good manager. I enjoyed working under him and I owe a lot of where I am today to him,” said Osho.
Gabriel Osho established himself as a first-team player during the 2021-22 season with 26 appearances.
He played a crucial role in the following season, scoring in the Championship play-off semi-final against Sunderland, helping Luton achieve promotion to the Premier League.
Osho made his Premier League debut in a 3–1 defeat at Aston Villa on October 29, 2023 and later went ahead to play
26 games in the English top flight, a fulfilment of his childhood dream.
Now at Auxerre, Osho recently scored his first Ligue 1 goal, contributing to a thrilling 2-2 draw with RC Lens.
The player also talked about life in the new Ligue 1 environment where he is gradually settling down.
“It’s been a good start, but if you take the first five it probably wasn’t as good. I think we found a way of playing now, and we’ve kind of locked in on the basics that we need to do in every game in order to get results and ensure that we perform to our level that we now set.”
Asked on the difference between the matchday atmospheres between England and France, Osho was awed by the sheer commitment of fans in the latter. “I think in terms of the matchday atmosphere, the fans in France, they just sing constantly from throughout the game. There’s rarely ups and downs. It’s just always up throughout the whole game. The atmosphere has been very good since I’ve been here,” Osho Affirmed .
