Jamal Musiala

Musiala was born in the German city of Stuttgart and lived in Fulda until the age of seven, but then moved to England with his mother as he felt that he already knew the people and the environment there better.[4][5] He went on to spend most of his childhood in England.[6][5] He went to primary school at Corpus Christi school in New Malden.[7] For secondary school he went to Whitgift in Croydon.[8] He was in the Chelsea academy for most of his childhood years.[9]

In July 2019, aged 16, Musiala left Chelsea to join Bayern Munich.[2] On 3 June 2020, Musiala made his professional debut, coming on as a substitute for Bayern Munich II in their 3–2 win over Preußen Münster in the 3. Liga.[10] On 20 June 2020, he made his Bundesliga debut against Freiburg, and he became the youngest player to play a match for Bayern in the Bundesliga, aged 17 years and 115 days.[11][12] On 18 September 2020, Musiala scored his first Bundesliga goal in an 8–0 win over Schalke, to become Bayern's youngest goalscorer, aged 17 years 205 days, breaking the previous record of Roque Santa Cruz, aged 18 years 12 days.[13][14] On 3 November, Musiala made his Champions League debut as a substitute to Thomas Müller in a 6–2 away win over Red Bull Salzburg.[15] On 1 December, he started his first Champions League match in a 1–1 away draw against Atlético Madrid.[16]

Musiala was born in Germany to a British-Nigerian father and German mother.[17][18][19] He moved to England at a young age with his mother and then moved back to Germany as a teenager.[20][5] Musiala has represented both England and Germany at youth international level.[2][21]

In November 2020, Musiala was called up to the England U21 squad for the first time for their 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[22] He made his U21 debut as a substitute during a 3–1 victory over Andorra U21s at Molineux Stadium on 13 November 2020.[23] He scored his first U21 goal during a 5–0 win over Albania at Molineux Stadium on 17 November 2020.[24] Afterwards, manager Aidy Boothroyd stated: "It's been great to get to know Jamal this week and the players have taken to him. He's a really good player. Hopefully we can persuade him to stay with us and we'll continue to push his development."[25]

In January 2021, having already represented England's U21s and having not represented Germany at youth level for three years, it was reported that Germany would attempt to call-up Musiala to their senior squad during the March international break.[26] However, Musiala is believed to favour represening England,[26] having indicated that he has felt more comfortable playing for England at youth level than for Germany.[26] Musiala's former coach Andrew Martin stated: "He grew up as a footballer at Chelsea and there he played with many other English players, so he's always felt more comfortable playing for England. When he played for Germany, he felt like an outsider purely because he wasn't on that circuit and he didn't know any of the boys."[26] England senior manager Gareth Southgate had already previously contacted Musiala on several occasions to make him aware of his interest, and had been in contact with him before he was spoken to by Germany manager Joachim Löw.[27] It is also believed that Musiala will likley continue representing England because he speaks better English than German, and because he is close friends with Borussia Dortmund's England midfielder Jude Bellingham.[27] Despite this, Löw stated that he plans to call up Musiala to the Germany team in March.[28] Previously, after choosing to represent England's U21s in November 2020, the German football association indicated that they had stopped pursuing Musiala, with youth team coach Meikel Schonweitz stating: "He has clearly signaled to us that he currently sees his future with the English national teams. We accept his decision and wish him all the best for his sporting career."[5]

As of match played 30 January 2021[29]

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