Richie Musaba

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Richie Musaba

| image =

| fullname = Richie Ephraim Musaba{{cite web |title=Richie Ephraim Musaba |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/185190/speler/25199 |website=onsoranje.nl |publisher=KNVB |accessdate=12 October 2020}}

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|12|06}}

| birth_place = Beuningen, Netherlands

| height = 1.82 m{{WorldFootball.net|richie-musaba}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Levadia

| clubnumber = 19

| youthyears1 = 2006–2009

| youthclubs1 = VV Ewijk

| youthyears2 = 2009–2011

| youthclubs2 = NEC

| youthyears3 = 2011–2013

| youthclubs3 = NEC Amateurs

| youthyears4 = 2013–2018

| youthclubs4 = Vitesse

| years1 = 2017–2019

| clubs1 = Jong Vitesse

| caps1 = 28

| goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2018–2020

| clubs2 = Vitesse

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2020–2023

| clubs3 = Fortuna Sittard

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = → Dordrecht (loan)

| caps4 = 36

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2022

| clubs5 = → TOP Oss (loan)

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Levadia

| caps6 = 44

| goals6 = 12

| club-update = 30 April 2025

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Richie Ephraim Musaba (born 6 December 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Estonian Meistriliiga club Levadia.

Career

On 12 May 2019, Musaba made his professional debut with Vitesse in a 6–1 Eredivisie win against De Graafschap, coming on as a substitute for Navarone Foor in the 82nd minute and scoring his team's last goal minutes later.{{cite news |last1=Lammers |first1=Lex |title=Vitesse stuurt De Graafschap met slachtpartij de nacompetitie in |url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/vitesse/vitesse-stuurt-de-graafschap-met-slachtpartij-de-nacompetitie-in~a207f14a/ |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=De Gelderlander |date=12 May 2019 |language=Dutch}}

After failing to break through at Vitesse, he joined Fortuna Sittard on 4 September 2020 on a two-year contract, who sent him on a one-season loan to second-tier side FC Dordrecht on the same day.{{cite web |title=Richie Musaba via Sittard op huurbasis naar FC Dordrecht |url=https://www.fortunasittard.nl/richie-musaba-via-sittard-op-huurbasis-naar-fc-dordrecht/ |publisher=Fortuna Sittard |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=4 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Fortuna Sittard haalt en verhuurt Musaba |url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sport/voetbal/artikel/5181531/fortuna-sittard-haalt-en-verhuurt-musaba |publisher=RTL Nieuws |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=4 September 2020}} He made his debut for Dordrecht on 7 September in a 2–1 loss to FC Den Bosch, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute for Kevin Jansen.{{cite web |title=FC Dordrecht in slotfase onderuit tegen FC den Bosch |url=https://www.rtvdordrecht.nl/fc-dordrecht-in-slotfase-onderuit-tegen-fc-den-bosch/nieuws/item?1164857 |publisher=RTV Dordrecht |accessdate=12 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=7 September 2020}}

On 29 July 2022, Musaba was loaned to TOP Oss.{{cite web|publisher=TOP Oss|url=https://toposs.nl/richie-musaba-volgende-versterking-top-oss/|title=Richie Musaba volgende versterking TOP Oss|date=29 July 2022|access-date=2 August 2022|language=nl}} His loan spell was unsuccessful, and he made only four appearances for the club in the first half of the season before returning prematurely to Fortuna in January 2023.{{cite news |last1=Jansen |first1=Gerd |title=Marouane Afaker en Richie Musaba vertrekken bij TOP Oss |url=https://dtvnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/marouane-afaker-en-richie-musaba-vertrekken-bij-top-oss |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=DTV Nieuws |date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104102720/https://dtvnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/marouane-afaker-en-richie-musaba-vertrekken-bij-top-oss |archive-date=4 January 2023 |language=nl}} In March 2023, the club announced the formal termination of his contract in accordance with regulations, which meant that he was set to leave Fortuna at the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Fortuna licht optie in contract Arianit Ferati |url=https://fortunasittard.nl/nieuws/fortuna-licht-optie-in-contract-arianit-ferati |website=Fortuna Sittard |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331114755/https://fortunasittard.nl/nieuws/fortuna-licht-optie-in-contract-arianit-ferati |archive-date=31 March 2023 |language=nl |date=31 March 2023}}

Personal life

Musaba was born to Congolese parents. His twin brother Anthony is also a professional footballer.{{cite news |last1=Lammers |first1=Lex |title=In huize Musaba is het feest om Vitesse én NEC |url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/vitesse/in-huize-musaba-is-het-feest-om-vitesse-en-nec~a830a99f/ |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=De Gelderlander |date=14 May 2019 |language=Dutch}}