Musa Muhammed

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Musa Muhammed
Personal information
Full name Musa Muhammed Shehu
Date of birth (1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Doxa Katokopias
Number 26
Youth career
2013–2015 FC Heart Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 İstanbul Başakşehir 3 (0)
2017 → Željezničar (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 → Lokomotiv Plovdiv (loan) 23 (0)
2018–2022 Gorica 79 (2)
2022–2023 Sarajevo 15 (1)
2023– Doxa Katokopias 3 (0)
International career
2013–2015 Nigeria U17 9 (3)
2015–2016 Nigeria U20 9 (4)
2016 Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023

Musa Muhammed Shehu (born 31 October 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Cypriot First Division club Doxa Katokopias.

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Club career

Born in Kano, Muhammed has played club football for İstanbul Başakşehir. [1] [2]

On 3 February 2017, Muhammed signed for Željezničar. [3]

On 7 September 2017, Muhammed was loaned to Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. [4]

On 28 June 2022, Muhammed signed for Sarajevo.

International career

He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2016, against Mali in an international friendly. [1] and he was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Musa Muhammed at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zvanično: Nigerijski reprezentativac Musa Muhammed novi fudbaler Željezničara".
  4. ↑ "Локомотив привлече под наем нигерийския национал Мохамед Муса" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 7 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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