da 888casino： Yunus Musah is an American professional soccer player. He plays primarily as a midfielder and here are a few facts about him.
da imperador bet： Yunus Musah is a professional soccer player from the United States who currently plays for Valencia CF in La Liga and the United States men's national soccer team. He was born on 29 November 2002 in New York City in the United States.
His family relocated to Italy after his birth, living in Castelfranco Veneto, where he began his youth career with Giorgione Calcio 2000. He later relocated to London in 2012, at the age of nine, where he joined Arsenal's Academy. He stayed with the Gunners' youth setup for seven years.
In 2019, Musah made his final move so far to Spain as he joined Valencia's youth setup and has slowly progressed through the ranks. Musah has made 92 appearances for Los Che's senior squad so far having been promoted to the first team in 2020.
Yunus Musah has a promising career in front of him and will look to become a mainstay for the USMNT as they head toward the 2026 World Cup hosted in North America.
GOAL takes you through 13 fun facts about the USMNT midfielder.
American by birth
Yunus Musah was born on 29 November 2002 in New York, where his mother was on holiday at the time. His Ghanaian parents had travelled to the United States from Italy for vacation. As is the law for births in the United States for foreigners, Musah received US citizenship, which now allows him to play for the United States men's national team.
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Yunus Musah already had US citizenship due to his birth and also Ghanaian citizenship due to his parents having been citizens of Ghana. Musah also received Italian and British citizenship due to his stay in those countries.
Musah had the option of playing for either of the four countries at the international level. At first, he had chosen to play for England at that level, having played and captained their U-15, U-16, and U-18 teams. However in 2020, when it came to the senior level, Musah made the call to shift to the USMNT considering the competition had been high in England.
GettyFirst Englishman to play for Los Che
Just one year after joining the reserves side for Valencia, on 13th September 2020, the midfielder became the first Englishman to play for Valencia. The now USMNT-representing midfielder still holds the record considering the player was still representing England.
Multilingual master at work
The midfielder is not just a talented footballer, he is also a multilingual. The 20-year-old can fluently speak five languages including English, Italian, Spanish, Hausa and Dagbani. He picked up Spanish during his time at Valencia.