Suley Musah

Suley Musah

Personal information
Full name	Suley Musah
Date of birth	(1979-05-06) 6 May 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Ghana
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back/Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Afienya United FC
1998–2004	East Bengal		(30)
2004–2005	Tollygunge Agragami
2005–2006	Mohammedan SC
2006–2008	Air India
2008–2009	East Bengal		(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Suley Musah (born 6 May 1979) is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender and last played for East Bengal FC in 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Suley Musah began his career at Afienya United FC as a right back in the Ghana Premier League. In 1998, he signed for East Bengal FC along with fellow countrymen Jackson Egypong and Emmanuel Opoku ^[3] to play in the National Football League. Musah spent 6 seasons in the East Bengal colours before leaving for Tollygunge Agragami in 2004–05. In 2005-06 he joined Mohammedan Sporting and after 1 season, he joined Air India in 2006 where he spent 2 seasons. He returned to play for East Bengal in 2008–09 season, before retiring from professional football. ^[2]

In 2000–01 season, Suley Musah along with countryman Jackson Egypong, under coach Monoranjan Bhattacharya helped East Bengal FC win their first National Football League title. East Bengal conceded just 9 goals, the fewest goals they ever conceded in the league till date. ^[4]

In 2002–03 season, Suley Musah had the best season in India with East Bengal FC, under coach Subhash Bhowmick, as the Red and Gold brigade won all 5 tournaments that they had participated in: 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 IFA Shield, 2002 Durand Cup, 2002-03 National Football League and Independence Day Cup; ^[5] equaling their own record of winning 5 trophies in a season which they achieved back in 1972-73 and 1973–74 season. ^[6]

In 2003–04 season, Suley Musah captained ^[7] the East Bengal FC side and won 2003-04 National Football League, 2003 Calcutta Football League and 2003 ASEAN Club Championship held in Jakarta, Indonesia defeating 2002–03 AFC Champions League runners-up BEC Tero Sasana 3–1 in the final.^{[ citation needed ]}

In his illustrious career in Indian football with East Bengal FC, Suley Musah has scored 41 goals ^[8] in the Red and Gold colours and have won 19 trophies including 3 National Football League titles. ^[6]

Honours

Club

East Bengal

• ASEAN Club Championship (1): 2003
• National Football League (3): 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
• Calcutta Football League (6): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
• IFA Shield (3): 2000, 2001, 2002
• Durand Cup (2): 2002, 2004
• All Airlines Gold Cup (1): 2001
• Independence Day Cup (1): 2002-03
• San Miguel International Cup (1): 2004
• McDowell Cup (1): 2000

References

1. The 10 best foreigners to have played for East Bengal Archived 14 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine goal.com
2. "Indian Football Transfers 2008". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
3. "Indian Football Transfers 1998". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
4. "East Bengal's performance in NFL / I League". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
5. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Independence Day Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
6. "Trophy Room". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
7. "Musah named East Bengal skipper". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
8. "East Bengal Club - Legends". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

External links

• Suley Musah at Soccerway
• Suley Musah at WorldFootball.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Anit Ghosh	Kingfisher East Bengal captain 2003-2004	Succeeded by Sangram Mukherjee