Musa Juwara

Musa Juwara (born 26 December 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Bologna.

Musa Juwara
Personal information
Full name Musa Juwara
Date of birth (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001
Place of birth Tujereng, The Gambia[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Bologna
Number 26
Youth career
2016–2017 Virtus Avigliano
2017–2019 Chievo
2019Torino (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Chievo 1 (0)
2019– Bologna 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:38, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Juwara was born in the Gambia and embarked as a migrant to Italy in 2016. There, he started playing football with Virtus Avigliano and after a successful season was scouted by Chievo. He was banned from transferring to Chievo by the FIGC, but he challenged the hearing and eventually joined them.[2]

Juwara briefly joined Torino F.C. on loan for the 2019 Torneo di Viareggio, where he scored 3 goals in 3 matches, before returning to Verona for the end of the season.[3]

He made his professional debut for Chievo in a 0–0 Serie A tie with Frosinone Calcio on 25 May 2019, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Manuel Pucciarelli.[4]

Bologna

On 8 July 2019, Juwara signed a deal with Bologna.[5] Although he was assigned to their Under-19 squad for the 2019–20 season, he quickly began falling into Siniša Mihajlović's first-team plans, making his debut on December 4 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 4-0 Coppa Italia defeat at the hands of Udinese.[6]

His Serie A debut for the club came on February 4, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for fellow-countryman Musa Barrow in a 3-2 victory at Roma. This would be followed by appearances off the bench against Genoa and Udinese, before the competition was halted on March 9 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

After the competition resumed he would be given a lot more first-team opportunities as a result of the heavy playing schedule and new 5-substitute rule, impressing on the first game back in a 2-0 loss at Juventus on June 22, where he replaced Riccardo Orsolini in the 82nd minute.[8]

His first Serie A goal came on July 5, in a convincing performance at San Siro, where he would score the equaliser and secure the sending-off of Alessandro Bastoni in a 2-1 win over Inter Milan.[9]

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