Ali Adem Musse (born 1 January 1996) is a Somali professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Cavalry FC Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches at ...

Early life

Born in Somalia, Ali moved to Canada at a young age. He began playing youth football with Earl Grey Community Centre. From 2005 to 2009, he played with Winnipeg South End United SC. In 2010, he began playing with

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. He also played for the Manitoba provincial team in 2009 and 2011. In 2011, he joined the

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. After returning to WSA Winnipeg, he returned to the Whitecaps Academy in 2014. In 2013, he was awarded the Manitoba Soccer Special Achievement Award.

College career

In 2015, he attended

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, where he played for the men's soccer team. He scored two goals in his debut over

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on August 29. With Tyler, he advanced to the national finals, where they were defeated by the Louisburg College Hurricances. In 2017, he began attending the

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. He made his debut on September 9, scoring all four goals in a 4-1 victory over the

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, earning Player of the Game honours.

Club career

From 2011 to 2013, he played for

in the

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. In 2014, while with the

, he also played with the

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in the PDL. Afterwards, he returned to WSA Winnipeg. In 2017, Musse began playing for the Calgary Foothills. In the season debut on May 5, 2017, he scored the winning goal in a 4-3 victory over the

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. He helped the team reach the PDL final in 2017. In 2018, he scored five goals in four playoff games as the Foothills won the PDL title, including scoring two goals in extra time in the championship final victory over

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. In February 2019, Musse signed a professional contract with

club

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, from his hometown of Winnipeg.

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had also sought to sign him, with his family now based out of Edmonton, but he chose to return to Winnipeg and sign with Valour to re-unite with head coach

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who he had played for during his time in the Canada national team program. He scored his first goal on June 2, 2019 against

in a 1-0 victory. Ahead of the 2020 season, he was released by the club. In 2020, he signed with German club

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in the seventh-tier

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. In June 2021, Musse returned to Calgary and signed with Canadian club

on a one year contract. On July 14, 2022, he scored a brace in a 3-0 victory over

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. He missed much of his first season due to injury. On October 2, 2022, he scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over

to clinch a playoff spot for the club. Musse led the club in scoring in 2022 with seven goals and four assists, across all competitions. In January 2023, Musse signed a new two-year deal with Cavalry, with an option for 2025.

International career

Canada

In the summer of 2007, he attended a Canada national team evaluation camp. In November 2011, Musse received his first Canadian youth national team call-up for a Canada U16 camp in Costa Rica. He was subsequently named to the squad for the

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, where he won a bronze medal, as well as playing at the

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Somalia

In December 2019, Musse was called up by

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

for the

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. He made his debut as a starter in the opening match in a 0–0 draw against

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Personal

Musse is a devout Muslim and maintains the Ramadan fast during the football season.

Career statistics

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Ali Musse
at FuPa {{DEFAULTSORT:Musse, Ali 1996 births Living people Somalian men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Mogadishu Soccer players from Winnipeg Somalian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Somalian expatriate men's footballers Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Somalian expatriate sportspeople in Germany FC Manitoba players Calgary Foothills FC players Valour FC players Cavalry FC players USL League Two players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Somalia men's international footballers