Musa Kabiru (born 16 June 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Musa Kabiru
Personal information
Full name Musah Kabiru
Date of birth (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Ugbawka, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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)
2018–2019 Al-Salt
2019–2020 Tadamon Sour 0 (0)
International career
Nigeria U-20 9 (7)
2008 Nigeria 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:33, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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He began his career with Kaduna United. 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 career

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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

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Club

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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

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Nigeria striker Baku club team!". azerisport.com/az/. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Musa Kabiru finds new club". nigeriafootball.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ^ Форвард Рявана забил за Олимпик (in Russian). azerifootball.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ^ "EL GEISH 1-1 AL QANAH". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Ghana movies Nigeria movies Music videos Chat Discussion Entertainment News Ghanaweb TV VibeGhana: Ghana stage come-back to beat Nigeria". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  6. ^ "Musa Kabiru - Al Nasr Salalah". footballdatabase.eu.
  7. ^ Abdel-Rahman Hussein (2 February 2012). "Egypt football match violence: dozens dead and hundreds injured". The Guardian. UK.League Suspended after 17 Rounds
  8. ^ Egyptian Cup is cancelled
  9. ^ "محمد حيدر والنيجيري كابيروموسى الافضل في مهرجان كرة المنار الـ20". An-Nahar. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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