Musa Kabiru
Musa Kabiru (born 16 June 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Tadamon Sour.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Musah Kabiru | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ugbawka, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Kaduna United F.C. | 60 | (34) |
| 2009–2013 | Arab Contractors | 61 | (30) |
| 2013 | Ravan Baku | ||
| 2013–2014 | El Qanah | 18 | (12) |
| 2014–2015 | Sheikh Jamal | ||
| 2015–2016 | Shabab Al-Sahel | 21 | (16) |
| 2016 | Al-Ahed | 8 | (3) |
| 2017 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Nejmeh | 19 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | Tadamon Sour | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Nigeria U-20 | 9 | (7) | |
| 2008 | Nigeria | 2 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2019 | |||
Career
He began his career with Kaduna United F.C..
Musa Kabiru joined the Egyptian club, Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab, before the start of the 2009-10 Egyptian Premier League season.
In August 2013 Musa signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Ravan Baku.[1][2] However the transfer fell through as due to problems with the players documentation,[3] and Musa went on to sign for fellow Egyptian team Olympic El Qanah. Musa scored in his second game for El Qanah, a 1-1 draw against El-Gaish in the 2013–14 Egyptian Premier League.[4]
International
He played for the Home-based Nigeria national football team his first game was on 3 December 2008 against Ghana national football team in an African Nations Championship qualifier. He scored Nigeria's two goals.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 7 January 2014
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2009–10 | Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab[6] | Egyptian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 29 | 7 | |||
| 2011–12[7] | 12 | 2 | cancelled[8] | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Olympic El Qanah | Egyptian Premier League | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | Egypt | 64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | - | 67 | 16 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | - | 67 | 16 | |||
Honours and achievements
References
- "Nigeria striker Baku club team!". azerisport.com/az/. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- "Musa Kabiru finds new club". nigeriafootball.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- Форвард Рявана забил за Олимпик (in Russian). http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/. Retrieved 2 January 2014. External link in
|publisher=(help) - "EL GEISH 1-1 AL QANAH". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2009-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.musa.kabiru.77457.en.html
- Abdel-Rahman Hussein (2 February 2012). "Egypt football match violence: dozens dead and hundreds injured,". The Guardian. UK.League Suspended after 17 Rounds
- Egyptian Cup is cancelled
- "محمد حيدر والنيجيري كابيروموسى الافضل في مهرجان كرة المنار الـ20". An-Nahar. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
External links
- Musa Kabiru at Soccerway
- Musa Kabiru at FootballDatabase.eu
- Musa Kabiru at FA Lebanon
- Musa Kabiru at Lebanon Football Guide