Personal information | |||
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Full name | Omar Mussa [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 20 August 2000||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Torquay United FC | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | KV Mechelen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Walsall | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Dover Athletic | 8 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Weymouth | 34 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 39 | (3) |
2024- | Torquay United FC | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Belgium U18 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Burundi | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:09, 20 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
Omar Mussa (born 20 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays for English club Dagenham & Redbridge, as a midfielder. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Burundi national team.
After playing youth football for KV Mechelen, Mussa signed for English club Walsall in January 2019. [4] [5] [6] He was released by Walsall at the end of the 2018–19 season, [7] having made one Football League appearance for the club. [8]
On 26 October 2020, Mussa joined National League club Dover Athletic, after appearing in pre-season for the Kent side. [9] The following day, Mussa came off the bench in the 75' minute of a 3–2 victory over Eastleigh to make his debut for the club. [10] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that Mussa was out of contract and had left the club. [11]
On 11 August 2021, Mussa joined another National League side, Weymouth, ahead of the 2021–22 season. [12] A first career goal for Mussa came in October 2021 when he scored the only goal in a victory over King's Lynn Town. [13] After the match, Weymouth's manager Brian Stock came out and said that he had not "seen a player with his amount of ability". [14]
On 4 July 2022, Mussa signed for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge for an undisclosed fee. [15]
On 26th of July 2024 he joined Torquay United F.C. [16]
Born in Belgium, Mussa is of Burundian descent. He was a Belgian under-18 international, [4] making 2 appearances in 2017. [17] He debuted with the Burundi national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to Indonesia national team on 25 March 2023. [18]
Mussa's father, also named Omar Mussa, was a professional Burundian footballer who played in Belgium. [19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Walsall | 2018–19 [8] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Dover Athletic | 2020–21 [2] | National League | 8 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Weymouth | 2021–22 [2] | National League | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2022–23 [2] | National League | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
2023–24 [2] | National League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
Total | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 45 | 5 | |||
Career total | 82 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 92 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Burundi | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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