Musa Muhammed

Not to be confused with Musa Mohammed (disambiguation).

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
Height 1.74 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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.