:Yahaya Musa

{{About|an Australian-American footballer|the Nigerian footballer|Musa Yahaya}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yahaya Musa

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| fullname = Yahaya Musa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|20}}

| birth_place = Canberra, Australia

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 = 2000–2004

| youthclubs1 = Elmont Memorial Spartans

| youthyears2 = 2004

| youthclubs2 = PSC Soccer Academy

| youthyears3 = 2004–2009

| youthclubs3 = Stony Brook Seahawks

| years1 = 2006

| clubs1 = Fort Wayne Fever

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = Long Island Rough Riders

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| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = Kalamazoo Outrage

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| years4 = 2008

| clubs4 = Academia Quintana

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| years5 = 2009

| clubs5 = Sevilla FC Puerto Rico

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| years6 = 2010–2011

| clubs6 = Bayamón FC

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| years7 = 2012

| clubs7 = Wilmington Hammerheads

| caps7 = 25

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2013

| clubs8 = NY Greek Americans

| caps8 = 19

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2014

| clubs9 = Wilmington Hammerheads

| caps9 = 13

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| manageryears1 = 2012

| managerclubs1 = North Shore SC

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Yahaya Musa (born December 20, 1986) is an Australian-American soccer player who most recently played for Wilmington Hammerheads in USL Professional Division.

Career

Musa played college soccer at Stony Brook University. He was captain of Stony Brook in 2006 and 2007 and was a member of the 2005 America East Championship team. In addition, he was 1st team All America East in 2007 and 2006, second team All America East in 2005, and America East Rookie team in 2004.{{cite web|author=15 Yahaya Musa |url=http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-soccer/mtt/musa_yahaya00.html |title=Yahaya Musa Bio - Stony Brook Official Athletic Site |publisher=Goseawolves.org |date=December 20, 1986 |access-date=August 25, 2014}}

As well as appearing in the USL Premier Development League for Fort Wayne Fever,{{cite web|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22325.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |publisher=Pdl.uslsoccer.com |access-date=August 25, 2014}} Long Island Rough Riders{{cite web|author=Demosphere International, Inc. |url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/182703.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |publisher=Pdl.uslsoccer.com |date=May 11, 2007 |access-date=August 25, 2014}} and Kalamazoo Outrage,{{cite web|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/transactions/245768.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |publisher=Pdl.uslsoccer.com |access-date=August 25, 2014}} Musa also spent two seasons in Puerto Rico with Academia Quintana, Sevilla FC Puerto Rico and Bayamón FC.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115725/https://uspsocceracademy.com/wordpress/our-staff |date=26 August 2014 |title=The page cannot be found |access-date=March 5, 2023 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oldwestburypanthers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=101&path=msoc |title=SUNY College at Old Westbury - 2011 Men's Soccer Coaching Staff |publisher=Oldwestburypanthers.com |access-date=August 25, 2014}}

Musa signed with USL Professional Division club Wilmington Hammerheads in March 2012. He made his debut with the club on April 29, 2012, as a 65th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over Pittsburgh Riverhounds.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/04/29/united-states/usl-pro/wilmington-hammerheads/pittsburgh-riverhounds/1248828/ |title=Wilmington Hammerheads vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds - 29 April 2012 - Soccerway |publisher=Uk.soccerway.com |date=April 29, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2014}} Musa spent the 2013 season playing for Greek American AA in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League and coaching the Amateur club North Shore Soccer Club in New York,{{cite web|author=musa2086 |url=http://www.soccerlimagazine.com/content/exclusive-interview-elmont-native-and-wilmington-hammerheads-defender-yahaya-musa |title=Exclusive Interview with Elmont native and Wilmington Hammerheads defender Yahaya Musa |publisher=Soccerlimagazine.com |access-date=August 25, 2014}} before resigned with the Hammerheads for the 2014 season.{{cite web|url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/776778.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |publisher=Uslpro.uslsoccer.com |date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=August 25, 2014}}