Career
Foreign the current player, see Henry Nwosu Kanu
Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank (NNB) of Benin City and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for ASEC Mimosas Football Club of Ivory Coast and Racing Football Club Bafoussam of Cameroon. He also played in the 1982, 1984 and 1988 tournaments, finishing runners up in the latter two, with his last game for Nigeria coming in 1991.
On 27 September 2008, Nwosu was appointed as the coach for the Nigerian U-17 team
However he was removed from the post in April 2009 after a string of poor results in preparation for the 2009 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup. He was hired that August as coach of Union Bank F.C. In October 2013, he was named coach for Abeokuta cllub Gateway United F.C.