{"id":196030,"date":"2024-07-03T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/03\/starring-in-belgrade-derby-led-to-me-joining-austin-fc-osman-bukari\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:25:13","slug":"starring-in-belgrade-derby-led-to-me-joining-austin-fc-osman-bukari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/03\/starring-in-belgrade-derby-led-to-me-joining-austin-fc-osman-bukari\/","title":{"rendered":"Starring in Belgrade Derby led to me joining Austin FC- Osman Bukari \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Black Stars winger Osman Bukari has pointed to his standout performance in the Belgrade Derby as the big moment that led to him joining Austin FC.<\/p>\n<p>He said this in an interview with Austin media after joining the club on a three and a half year deal from Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Bukari starred with the Serbian club for two seasons and recorded back to back to league and cup doubles and pointed to a win over big rival, Partizan Belgrade, as the turning point that led to Austin FC Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell recruiting him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI think in Belgrade there is the derby game against Partizan and I think that game is tough. 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