Oscar Bobb

About

Oscar Bobb (born 12 July 2003) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Fulham and the Norway national team.

Bobb was born in Oslo on 12 July 2003. He has Gambian and Norwegian heritage. His father is Abdou Bobb, a Gambian-Norwegian. Bobb was largely raised by his mother, Norwegian actress Turid Gunnes, who had sole custody of him. Bobb began showing prowess for football at an early age.

Bobb played for Lyn at youth level. In 2013, he began being linked with Portuguese club Porto at the age of 10, after performing well at a youth tournament in Algarve. Porto reached out to Bobb’s mother to convince the young footballer to sign with them, even going as far as to pay for the two of them to visit the club in Porto. In October 2015, his mother moved to Portugal on her own, before signing documentation in November of the same year for Bobb to be enrolled in the Portuguese Football Federation.
Despite the documentation being rejected by FIFA in January 2016, Bobb and his mother remained in Porto, and in January 2017 he attempted to sign with Escola de Futebol Hernâni…