Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Happygod Msuva [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 October 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Talaba SC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Azam FC | ||
2011–2012 | Moro United FC | ||
2012–2017 | Young Africans SC | ||
2017–2020 | Difaâ El Jadida | 80 | (28) |
2020–2021 | Wydad AC | 37 | (10) |
2022–2023 | Al-Qadsiah | 28 | (8) |
2023 | JS Kabylie | 6 | (0) |
2024 | Al-Najma | 15 | (4) |
2024- | Al-Talaba SC | 11 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2012– | Tanzania | 94 | (24) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2024 @ 16:22(AEST) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC) |
Simon Happygod Msuva known as Simon Msuva (born 2 October 1993) is a Tanzanian professional football player who plays as a forward for the Tanzania national team.
On 28 August 2023, he joined JS Kabylie. [2]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Tanzania | 2012 | 5 | 0 |
2013 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | 9 | 0 | |
2015 | 13 | 2 | |
2016 | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 14 | 6 | |
2018 | 6 | 1 | |
2019 | 10 | 4 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 8 | 4 | |
2022 | 6 | 2 | |
2023 | 8 | 2 | |
2024 | 7 | 3 | |
Total | 94 | 24 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 24 November 2015 | Awassa Kenema Stadium, Awasa, Ethiopia | Rwanda | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2015 CECAFA Cup |
2. | 28 November 2015 | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
3. | 28 March 2017 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Burundi | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
4. | 29 June 2017 | Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng, South Africa | Mauritius | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2017 COSAFA Cup |
5. | 5 July 2017 | Zambia | 2–4 | 2–4 | ||
6. | 2 September 2017 | Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Botswana | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
7. | 2–0 | |||||
8. | 7 October 2017 | Malawi | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
9. | 16 October 2018 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Cape Verde | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
10. | 24 March 2019 | Uganda | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
11. | 27 June 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Kenya | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
12. | 4 September 2019 | Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi | Burundi | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
13. | 15 November 2019 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
14. | 28 March 2021 | Libya | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
15. | 2 September 2021 | Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | DR Congo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
16. | 10 October 2021 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Benin | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
17. | 14 November 2021 | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar | Madagascar | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
18. | 23 March 2022 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Sudan | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
19. | 24 September 2022 | Martyrs of February Stadium, Benina, Libya | Uganda | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
20. | 24 March 2023 | Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt | Uganda | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
21. | 18 June 2023 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Niger | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
22. | 21 January 2024 | Laurent Pokou Stadium, San-Pédro, Ivory Coast | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
23. | 16 November 2024 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
24. | 19 November 2024 | Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 |
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