Career
He played in Belgium for teams including Royal Society of Chemistry Anderlecht and RWDM. Philip Osondu played in his native Nigeria for El Kanemi Warriors when Royal Society of Chemistry Anderlecht bought him in 1988 to Belgium. The attacker was seen as an emerging football talent and was transferred to Anderlecht in the promising team A year later, the 18-year-old striker made his debut at the highest level in an away match against Germinal Ekeren Osondu in 1989 playing under coach Aad de Mos.
However, there was a lot of competition at Anderlecht with players like Luc Nilis, Luis Oliveira, Marc Van Der Linden and Gert Verheyen which made Osondu appear barely at the games.
Between 1990 and 1992 the Nigerian was also loaned to neighbors RWDM. When RWDM got Osondu, coach Hugo Broos gave him more playing opportunities. Foreign the first time in the First Division, he also found the back of the goal.
A year later Broos left for Club Brugge and was succeeded by Ladislav Novák. This led to fewer opportunities to play for Osondu, which in the summer led to his return to Anderlecht.
In 1994 Osondu moved to second division club Louisiana Louviere, where the small and technically gifted striker scored five times in twenty matches.
A season later he swapped Louisiana Louvière during the winter break for Union Saint Gillis, where he completed the rest of the season. Afterwards he played several years for Diegem Sport and Football Club Merchtem 2000. Osondu, who was regarded in his own country as a great talent and he also received high praise as a youth international, could never fulfill his potential in Belgium.
He is often cited as one of many young Africans who went too early to go abroad.
Philip Osondu played regularly for the youth teams of Nigeria, but never reached the first team In 1987 he participated in the World U-16 tournament in Canada.
Nigeria reached the final, but then lost on penalties to the Soviet Union.
