Musa Auwal Yahaya (born 16 December 1997) is a Nigerian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for Montenegrin club Rudar.

Club career

Born in

Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade center and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern state ...

Northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria (or Arewa, Arewancin Nijeriya) was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962, it acquired t ...

, Musa started his football career at Mutunchi Academy before he was selected to represent Nigeria at the

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates from 17 October to 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, claimin ...

. Musa made his debut on 28 February 2016 in the Segunda Liga after coming on as a 46th minute replacement for Theo Ryuki. On 22 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Académico de Viseu.

International career

Musa has represented Nigeria at major international tournaments including the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand, the third time on Oceanian soil after ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yahaya, Musa 1997 births Footballers from Kaduna Living people Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Nigeria men's youth international footballers Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers Portimonense S.C. players FC Porto B players F.C. Vizela players Académico de Viseu F.C. players FK Radnik Hadžići players FK Rudar Pljevlja players Liga Portugal 2 players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen