Nigeria’s most-capped player, Ahmed Musa, has hung up his international boots for a new role in football management. The Super Eagles icon, whose career spanned three World Cups and an African crown announced his retirement in a statement released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 111 appearances, a record that stands as a testament to his longevity and commitment, Musa leaves a legacy etched in historic moments. \u201cI was just a young boy when the journey started,\u201d he reflected. \u201cWhenever Nigeria called, I showed up. It was never something I had to think twice about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His career is bookmarked by iconic achievements including membership of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad, and the only Nigerian to have scored in two separate World Cups including a dazzling brace against Argentina in 2014, followed by another against Iceland in 2018. \u201cScoring at the World Cup\u2026 are memories I will always carry with me,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having recently rejoined Kano Pillars, Musa has now been appointed the club\u2019s General Manager, formally beginning his post-playing career in administration ahead of the new NPFL season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a heartfelt farewell, he expressed profound gratitude, saying: \u201cAs I step away from international football, I do so with peace and gratitude\u2026 Once an Eagle, always an Eagle.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nigeria’s most-capped player, Ahmed Musa, has hung up his international boots for a new role in football management. The Super Eagles icon, whose career spanned three World Cups and an African crown announced his retirement in a statement released on Wednesday. With 111 appearances, a record that stands as a testament to his longevity and commitment, Musa leaves a legacy etched in historic moments. \u201cI was just a young boy when the journey started,\u201d he reflected. \u201cWhenever Nigeria called, I showed up. It was never something I had to think twice about.\u201d His career is bookmarked by iconic achievements including membership of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad, and the only Nigerian to have scored in two separate World Cups including a dazzling brace against Argentina in 2014, followed by another against Iceland in 2018. \u201cScoring at the World Cup\u2026 are memories I will always carry with me,\u201d Musa said. Having recently rejoined Kano Pillars, Musa has now been appointed the club\u2019s General Manager, formally beginning his post-playing career in administration ahead of the new NPFL season. In a heartfelt farewell, he expressed profound gratitude, saying: \u201cAs I step away from international football, I do so with peace and gratitude\u2026 Once an Eagle, always an Eagle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-and-international-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27764,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27761\/revisions\/27764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}