Omar Mussa (footballer, born 2000)

Omar Mussa (born 20 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays for English club Dagenham & Redbridge, as a midfielder. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Burundi national team.

Omar Mussa
Personal information
Full name Omar Mussa[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000[2]
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dagenham & Redbridge
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2019 KV Mechelen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Walsall 1 (0)
2020–2021 Dover Athletic 8 (0)
2021–2022 Weymouth 34 (1)
2022– Dagenham & Redbridge 38 (3)
International career‡
2017 Belgium U18 2 (0)
2023– Burundi 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:32, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

After playing youth football for KV Mechelen, Mussa signed for English club Walsall in January 2019.[4][5][6] He was released by Walsall at the end of the 2018–19 season,[7] having made one Football League appearance for the club.[8]

On 26 October 2020, Mussa joined National League club Dover Athletic, after appearing in pre-season for the Kent side.[9] The following day, Mussa came off the bench in the 75' minute of a 3–2 victory over Eastleigh to make his debut for the club.[10] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that Mussa was out of contract and had left the club.[11]

On 11 August 2021, Mussa joined another National League side, Weymouth, ahead of the 2021–22 season.[12] A first career goal for Mussa came in October 2021 when he scored the only goal in a victory over King's Lynn Town.[13] After the match, Weymouth's manager Brian Stock came out and said that he had not "seen a player with his amount of ability".[14]

On 4 July 2022, Mussa signed for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge for an undisclosed fee.[15]

International career

Born in Belgium, Mussa is of Burundian descent. He was a Belgian under-18 international,[4] making 2 appearances in 2017.[16] He debuted with the Burundi national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to Indonesia national team on 25 March 2023.[17]

Personal life

Mussa's father, also named Omar Mussa, was a professional Burundian footballer who played in Belgium.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2018–19[8] League One 100000—10
Dover Athletic 2020–21[2] National League 80——1[lower-alpha 1]090
Weymouth 2021–22[2] National League 34120—1[lower-alpha 1]0371
Dagenham & Redbridge 2022–23[2] National League 25131—2[lower-alpha 1]1303
2023–24[2] National League 13210—00142
Total 38341—21445
Career total 814610041916
  1. Appearance (s) in FA Trophy

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Leeds United" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. Omar Mussa at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. Omar Mussa at WorldFootball.net
  4. "Omar Mussa: Walsall sign midfielder from Belgian side KV Mechelen". BBC Sport. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. "Profile". Walsall F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. Masi, Joseph. "Omar Mussa adapting to life at Walsall". www.expressandstar.com.
  7. "Walsall: New Saddlers boss releases 11 players following relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. "Games played by Omar Mussa in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  9. "BELGIAN MIDFIELDER SIGNS ON". www.doverathletic.com. 26 October 2020.
  10. "Dover Athletic 3–2 Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 27 October 2020.
  11. "RETAINED AND RELEASED LIST". www.doverathletic.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  12. "Omar Mussa and Taofiq Olomowewe join Weymouth". Dorset Echo. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. "Weymouth 1–0 King's Lynn Town". BBC Sport. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  14. Walton, Neil (1 November 2021). "Weymouth 1–0 King's Lynn Town: Terras applaud Omar Mussa". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  15. Walton, Neil (4 July 2022). "Omar Mussa: Dagenham gazump Southend to sign Belgian midfielder". Dorset Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. Belgium profile at Belgian FA
  17. "Jelang Lawan Timnas Indonesia di FIFA Matchday, Pemain Burundi Tebar Ancaman". OneFootball. 29 August 2023.
  18. "Zo vader, zo zoon: Antwerpenaar Omar Mussa prof in Engelse vijfde klasse en binnenkort misschien naar Africa Cup met Burundi". Gazet van Antwerpen Mobile. 10 March 2023.
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