 Musa training with Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ahmed Musa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1992[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jos, Plateau, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | GBS Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | GBS Football Academy | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → JUTH (loan) | 18 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Kano Pillars (loan) | 25 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | VVV-Venlo | 37 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | CSKA Moscow | 125 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Leicester City | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → CSKA Moscow (loan) | 10 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Al Nassr | 50 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kano Pillars | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Fatih Karagümrük | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Sivasspor | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Kano Pillars | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Nigeria U20 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Nigeria | 109 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 21 January 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ahmed Musa OON MON (/ˈɑːxmɛd muːsə/ ; born 14 October 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for the Nigeria national team. He is currently playing for Kano Pillars in the NPFL.
Musa became the first Nigerian to score more than once in a FIFA World Cup match, after scoring twice against Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[4] Musa is also the first Nigerian to score in two FIFA World Cup competitions, after scoring another brace against Iceland in the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[5] With 108 appearances, he is Nigeria's most capped player since November 2021. Musa was a member of the Saudi club Al Nassr's squad that won the Saudi Premier League and Saudi Super Cup, both in 2019.[6]
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Ahmed Musa: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Ahmed Musa". Leicester City F.C. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (26 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: Musa revels in Nigerian goals record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Nigeria vs Iceland : Ahmed Musa first Nigerian to score at two World Cups". Vanguard. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa wins prestigious title with his club in Saudi Arabia". www.msn.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.