Musa Barrow
Musa Barrow (born 14 November 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Bologna and the Gambia national team.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Musa Barrow | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Kanifing Estate, The Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hawks | |||
| 2016–2018 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Atalanta | 41 | (4) |
| 2019–2021 | → Bologna (loan) | 56 | (17) |
| 2021– | Bologna | 56 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Gambia U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 2018– | Gambia | 28 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 2 April 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:12, 8 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
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] Soon after his transfer, Barrow became the starting striker under Siniša Mihajlović and became one of their top scorers of the season despite only arriving in January. On 2 July 2021, Bologna purchased his rights.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12]
He played and scored 2 goals in the tournament in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[13][14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 April 2023
| 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 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 52 | 8 | |||
| Bologna (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 9 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 9 | |||
| Bologna | 2021–22 | Serie A | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | |||
| Total | 112 | 26 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 118 | 27 | ||||
| Career total | 153 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 35 | ||
International
- As of match played 8 June 2022[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | |
| Total | 28 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barrow goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 June 2019 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Morocco | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 November 2020 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia |  Gabon | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 16 January 2022 | Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon |  Mali | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 24 January 2022 | Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon |  Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 5 | 29 May 2022 | Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |  United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
References
- "Musa Barrow" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "Musa Barrow - TheSportsDB.com". www.thesportsdb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Vivaio, Primavera: alla scoperta di... Musa Barrow". www.atalanta.it. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- "Atalanta, ecco il gioiellino Musa Barrow. Ha già schiantato la Juve".
- Sport, Sky. "Higuain gol, Buffon para rigore: Atalanta-Juve 0-1".
- "Crotone 1 - 1 Atalanta - Football". the Guardian.
- "Atalanta 0 - 0 Internazionale Match report - 4/14/18 Serie A - Goal.com". m.goal.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- "Champions League (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- "UFFICIALE: Musa Barrow è un giocatore del Bologna". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- "Barrow purchased outright". Bologna F.C. 1909. 2 July 2021.
- "U-23 dents Morocco in Int'I friendly - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia". thepoint.gm.
- "CAN 2019 : l'Algérie neutralisée en Gambie". Afrik-Foot. 8 September 2018.
- https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
- "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
- "Musa Barrow". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links
- Musa Barrow at Soccerway
- Musa Barrow at National-Football-Teams.com
- Atalanta Profile
- Musa Barrow at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Serie A Profile
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