Adam Masina

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Adam Masina
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Masina with Bologna in 2017
Personal information
Full name Adam Masina[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Khouribga, Morocco
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Watford
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2013 Bologna
2011–2012 → Giacomense (loan)[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Bologna 124 (4)
2012–2013 → Giacomense (loan) 11 (0)
2018– Watford 67 (3)
National team‡
2015–2017 Italy U-21 6 (0)
2021– Morocco 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:47, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021

Adam Masina (Arabic: أدم ماسينا; born 2 January 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Watford and the Morocco national team. Coming through Bologna's youth academy, Masina made his senior appearance with the club in 2012, and transferred to Watford in 2018. He also loaned to Giacomense twice.

Club career[]

Masina was born in Khouribga, Morocco, but lost his mother as just an infant. He successively moved to Italy together with his brother and father, settling down in Emilia-Romagna, and was later assigned to a number of foster families due to his father's problems with alcoholism. He was eventually adopted by one of them, from which he took his last name.[3]

At the age of 11, he was scouted and signed by Bologna. After a successful loan in Giacomense, he returned to Bologna in 2013 and made his senior debut for the Rossoblu in a 2–1 away win over Latina on 12 October 2014.[4] He helped the club obtain Serie A promotion, later making his debut in the top division, and scoring his first goal in Serie A in an injury time victory at Carpi.[5]

On 2 July 2018, Masina signed for English side Watford on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career[]

In November 2015 Luigi Di Biagio called Masina to represent Italy U21 team after obtaining FIFA transfer.[7] He made his debut with the Italy U21 side on 17 November 2015, in a Euro 2017 qualification match against Lithuania.[5]

In March 2021, Masina was called up to represent Morocco in African Cup of Nations qualifier matches against Mauritania and Burundi.[8] He made his debut on 26 March 2021 against Mauritania.[9]

Style of play[]

Masina is known in particular for his technique, physicality and energy as a left-back.[5]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 21 August 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Giacomense 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Bologna 2013–14 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Serie B 28 1 0 0 — 0 0 28 1
2015–16 Serie A 33 2 1 0 — 0 0 34 2
2016–17 32 1 2 0 — 0 0 34 1
2017–18 34 0 1 0 — 0 0 35 0
Total 127 4 4 0 — 0 0 131 4
Watford 2018–19 Premier League 14 0 4 0 2 0 — 20 0
2019–20 26 1 1 0 1 0 — 28 1
2020–21 Championship 25 2 1 0 0 0 — 26 2
2021–22 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 67 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 76 3
Career total 205 7 10 0 3 0 0 0 218 7

Honours[]

Watford

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°29/TB (2011–12)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Watford's Adam Masina: 'What I went through was different from normal life'". The Guardian. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Latina 1–2 Bologna". goal.com. 12 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Un 2015 da favola per Masina". UEFA.com. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Official: Masina Moves To Watford". Watford F.C. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Arrivato il transfert dalla FIFA: Di Biagio convoca il difensore del Bologna Masina" [FIFA transfer has arrived: Di Biagio calls up Bologna defender Masina] (in Italian). FIGC. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Internationals: Eleven Hornets Called Up". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Mauritania v Morocco game report". Confederation of African Football. 26 March 2021.
  10. ^ Adam Masina at Soccerway
  11. ^ McNulty, Phil (18 May 2019). "Manchester City 6–0 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Oscar del Calcio, dominio Juve. Buffon: "Donnarumma ha doti da grande"" [Serie A Oscars, Juve dominate. Buffon: "Donnarumma has the characteristics to be great"]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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