Richie Ephraim Musaba (born 6 December 2000) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for Estonian

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club Levadia.

Career

On 12 May 2019, Musaba made his professional debut with Vitesse in a 6–1

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win against

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

, coming on as a substitute for Navarone Foor in the 82nd minute and scoring his team's last goal minutes later. After failing to break through at Vitesse, he joined

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional football club from the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was establi ...

on 4 September 2020 on a two-year contract, who sent him on a one-season loan to second-tier side

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

on the same day. He made his debut for Dordrecht on 7 September in a 2–1 loss to

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute for Kevin Jansen. On 29 July 2022, Musaba was loaned to

TOP Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbrevia ...

. His loan spell was unsuccessful, and he made only four appearances for the club in the first half of the

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before returning prematurely to Fortuna in January 2023. In March 2023, the club announced the formal termination of his contract in accordance with regulations, which meant that he was set to leave Fortuna at the end of the

Personal life

Musaba was born to Congolese parents. His twin brother

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is also a professional footballer.

References

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