Musa Juwara
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 December 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Tujereng, The Gambia[1] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Crotone | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2017 | Virtus Avigliano | ||
2017–2019 | Chievo | ||
2019 | → Torino (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Chievo | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Bologna | 12 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Boavista (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021– | → Crotone (loan) | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | Gambia | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:23, 3 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020 |
Musa Juwara (born 26 December 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Crotone on loan from Bologna.
Club career[]
Early career[]
Juwara was born in the Gambia and embarked as a migrant to Italy in 2016. There, he started playing football with Virtus Avigliano and after a successful season was scouted by Chievo. He was banned from transferring to Chievo by the FIGC, but he challenged the hearing and eventually joined them.[2]
Juwara briefly joined Torino F.C. on loan for the 2019 Torneo di Viareggio, where he scored 3 goals in 3 matches, before returning to Verona for the end of the season.[3]
He made his professional debut for Chievo in a 0–0 Serie A tie with Frosinone Calcio on 25 May 2019, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Manuel Pucciarelli.[4]
Bologna[]
On 8 July 2019, Juwara signed a deal with Bologna.[5] Although he was assigned to their Under-19 squad for the 2019–20 season, he quickly began falling into Siniša Mihajlović's first-team plans, making his debut on December 4 by playing the full 90 minutes in a 4-0 Coppa Italia defeat at the hands of Udinese.[6]
His Serie A debut for the club came on February 4, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for fellow-countryman Musa Barrow in a 3–2 victory at Roma. This would be followed by appearances off the bench against Genoa and Udinese, before the competition was halted on March 9 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
After the competition resumed he would be given a lot more first-team opportunities as a result of the heavy playing schedule and new 5-substitute rule, impressing on the first game back in a 2–0 loss at Juventus on June 22, where he replaced Riccardo Orsolini in the 82nd minute.[8]
His first Serie A goal came on July 5, in a convincing performance at San Siro, where he would score the equaliser and secure the sending-off of Alessandro Bastoni in a 2–1 win over Inter Milan.[9]
Loan to Boavista[]
On 6 October 2020, he joined Portuguese club Boavista on loan with an option to purchase.[10]
Loan to Crotone[]
On 13 July 2021, he moved on loan to Crotone.[11]
International career[]
Juwara debuted with Gambia in a friendly 1–0 win over Congo on 9 October 2020.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Juwara, Musa Juwara - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
- ^ "Anche il Chievo ha il suo Musa: Juwara, talento immigrato che ha sfidato la Figc". Calciomercato.com - Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale.
- ^ d’Avanzo, Diego. "Viareggio Cup - Juwara del Chievo in prestito al Torino". 11giovani.
- ^ "Frosinone vs. Chievo - 25 May 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, preso Juwara dal Chievo a titolo definitivo". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Coppa Italia: poker Udinese, 4-0 al Bologna. Per i friulani c'è la Juve". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: All sport in Italy suspended because of outbreak". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Bologna-Juventus 0-2, Ronaldo e Dybala guidano la riscossa dei bianconeri". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Bologna, la favola di Musa Juwara: dall'arrivo col barcone 4 anni fa al gol a San Siro". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Juwara to Boavista". Bologna. 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Una freccia per l'attacco, benvenuto Musa Juwara!" (in Italian). Crotone. 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. October 9, 2020.
External links[]
- Musa Juwara at Soccerway
- Lega Serie A Profile
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Gambian footballers
- The Gambia international footballers
- A.C. ChievoVerona players
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- Boavista F.C. players
- F.C. Crotone players
- Serie A players
- Primeira Liga players
- Gambian expatriate footballers
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal