Ahmed Musa (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ahmed Musa | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 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– | Leicester City | 14 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Nigeria U20 | 6 | (3) |
| 2011 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 2010– | Nigeria | 60 | (11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2016 (UTC).
Ahmed Musa (born 14 October 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team.
Musa is 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.
Musa began his career in the GBS Football Academy.
In September, 2007, a local publication in Jos, Nigeria featured Ahmed Musa on its Undiscovered Talent column. In 2008 he was loaned to JUTH F.C. where he played 18 games, scoring four goals in his first two professional seasons for the Healers. He was subsequently loaned to Kano Pillars F.C., in the 2009–10 season where he set the league record scoring multiple crucial goals as Pillars finished second.
Musa previously held the record for the highest goals ever scored in one season in the history of the Nigeria Premier League until November 2011 when Jude Aneke of Kaduna United F.C. set a new goals record of 20 goals.
He transferred to Dutch club VVV-Venlo in summer 2010 but the move was held up because he was only 17 years of age and therefore not eligible for an ITC in accordance with the current FIFA rules. He was officially eligible to play for VVV-Venlo on 14 October 2010 when he eventually turned 18 years of age.
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