Nordin Musampa

Nordin Musampa

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Almere, Netherlands
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Groningen
Number	24
Youth career
	Zeeburgia
	Elinkwijk
2014–2016	Almere City
2016–2019	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Jong Ajax	56	(3)
2022–	Groningen	9	(0)
International career‡
2016	Netherlands U15	3	(0)
2017–2018	Netherlands U17	9	(0)
2018–2019	Netherlands U18	6	(0)
Medal record Representing   Netherlands UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner England 2018 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:47, 26 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:44, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Nordin Musampa (born 13 October 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Groningen. He is a nephew of former Ajax player Kiki Musampa.

Club career

Musampa began his football career with Zeeburgia and Elinkwijk, for whom he played until 2014. ^[1] He then moved to Almere City for two years before moving to the renowned Ajax youth academy. ^[1] In 2016–17, he made four appearances for the under-17 team. In the following season he established himself in the team and scored one goal in 26 games. In 2018–29, Musampa mainly played for the under-19 team, including in the UEFA Youth League. ^[2]

He made his first appearance for Jong Ajax in the second-tier Eerste Divisie as a starter in a match against Jong Utrecht on 25 March 2019. ^[3] In the following season, he only played for the U19 team. ^[4] However, he would sign his first professional contract with Jong Ajax in June 2020, alongside fellow talent Terrence Douglas. ^[5] He grew into a starter for the team during the 2020–21 season, and scored his first professional goal against MVV on 23 October 2020. ^{[6] [7]}

On 22 April 2022, Musampa signed a three-year deal with Groningen, beginning in the 2022–23 season. ^[8]

International career

Musampa has played for several national youth teams for the Netherlands. With the under-17 team he won the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, after beating Italy in the final. ^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 April 2020 ^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jong Ajax	2018–19	Eerste Divisie	1	0	–		–		0	0	1	0
	2019–20		0	0	–		–		0	0	9	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Honours

Netherlands U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2018 ^[11]

References

1. Ploeg, Bram van der (25 April 2016). "Douglas en Musampa tekenen eerste contract bij Ajax | Ajax Showtime". ajaxshowtime.com (in Dutch).
2. "Nordin Musampa » Youth Youth League 2018/2019". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
3. "Jong Ajax - FC Utrecht (J) 3:3 (Eerste Divisie 2018/2019, 30. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
4. "Nordin Musampa » Youth Eredivisie U19 2019/2020". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
5. Opdam, Niels (19 June 2020). "Douglas en Musampa tekenen eerste contract bij Ajax | Ajax Showtime". ajaxshowtime.com (in Dutch).
6. "Live voetbal: MVV Maastricht - Jong Ajax | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". NU (in Dutch). 24 October 2020.
7. Kooreman, Auke (24 October 2020). "Jong Ajax loopt in de tweede helft uit tot 1-5". Ajax1.nl (in Dutch).
8. "FC GRONINGEN HAALT MUSAMPA VAN AJAX" (in Dutch). Groningen. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
9. "U17-EM: Niederlande gewinnt EM in England". Eurosport Deutschland (in German). 20 May 2018.
10. Nordin Musampa at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
11. Saffer, Paul (20 May 2018). "Netherlands win #U17EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com.

External links

• Nordin Musampa at WorldFootball.net