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Musa Barrow
Personal information
Full name Musa Barrow
Date of birth (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Banjul, The Gambia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Bologna (on loan from Atalanta)
Number 99
Youth career
2016–2018 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Atalanta 40 (4)
2020–Bologna (loan) 4 (3)
International career
2018 Gambia U23 1 (1)
2018– Gambia 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:34, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:39, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Musa Barrow (born 14 November 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Bologna on loan from Atalanta.[2]

Club career

Early career

Barrow joined Atalanta in 2016 from The Gambia where he played football locally and in the street, and in his first appearance with the youth squad scored two goals from midfield.[3] He joined the first team squad in 2018 after scoring 19 goals in 15 games for the youth side.[4]

Atalanta

Barrow made his professional debut with Atalanta in a 1–0 Coppa Italia loss to Juventus on 30 January 2018.[5] He made his Serie A debut for Atalanta in a 1–1 tie with Crotone on 10 February 2018.[6]

He had his first start on 13 April 2018 in an 0–0 home draw against Inter Milan.[7]

On 18 September 2019, Barrow made his Champions League debut against Dinamo Zagreb[8]

Bologna

On 17 January 2020, Barrow moved from Atalanta to Bologna on loan with an obligation to buy for a fee reported to be around €13 million.[9]

International career

On 1 June 2018, Barrow scored the only goal for the Gambia U23s in a 1–0 friendly win over the Morocco U23s.[10]

Barrow made his debut for the senior Gambia national football team in a 1–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw with Algeria on 8 September 2018.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2017–18 Serie A 12 3 2 0 14 3
2018–19 21 1 2 0 6 4 29 5
2019–20 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Total 40 4 4 0 7 4 0 0 51 8
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 4 3 0 0 4 3
Career total 44 7 4 0 7 4 0 0 55 11

International goals

Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 June 2019 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Morocco 1–0 1–0 Friendly

References

  1. ^ https://www.bolognafc.it/player/musa-barrow
  2. ^ "Musa Barrow - TheSportsDB.com". www.thesportsdb.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  3. ^ "Vivaio, Primavera: alla scoperta di... Musa Barrow". www.atalanta.it. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ^ "Atalanta, ecco il gioiellino Musa Barrow. Ha già schiantato la Juve".
  5. ^ Sport, Sky. "Higuain gol, Buffon para rigore: Atalanta-Juve 0-1".
  6. ^ "Crotone 1 - 1 Atalanta - Football". the Guardian.
  7. ^ "Atalanta 0 - 0 Internazionale Match report - 4/14/18 Serie A - Goal.com". m.goal.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  8. ^ "Champions League (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  9. ^ "UFFICIALE: Musa Barrow è un giocatore del Bologna". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. ^ "U-23 dents Morocco in Int'I friendly - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia". thepoint.gm.
  11. ^ http://www.afrik-foot.com/can-2019-l-algerie-neutralisee-en-gambie
  12. ^ "Musa Barrow". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.