Former Tremendous Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has introduced his retirement from worldwide soccer, ending a distinguished 15-year spell with the Nigerian nationwide group.
Musa made the announcement on Wednesday through his official X deal with, explaining that the choice adopted cautious consideration. He mentioned sporting the inexperienced and white jersey all the time meant rather a lot to him.
The Kano Pillars ahead and Normal Supervisor recalled starting his worldwide journey as a younger participant, when he was invited on the identical time to the U-20, U-23 and senior nationwide groups. Regardless of his age and frequent travels, he mentioned he by no means hesitated to reply Nigeria’s name.
Musa earned 111 caps for the Tremendous Eagles, making him essentially the most capped participant within the nation’s soccer historical past. He gained the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and stays Nigeria’s highest goalscorer on the FIFA World Cup, with well-known targets in opposition to Argentina in 2014 and Iceland in 2018.
He described reaching 111 appearances as an important honour and mentioned he all the time understood the accountability that got here with sporting the nationwide jersey. Musa added that successful the 2013 AFCON was a particular spotlight of his profession, whereas captaining the group taught him useful classes about management, endurance and placing others first.
Musa thanked his teammates, coaches, backroom workers and soccer directors for his or her assist through the years. He additionally expressed deep appreciation to Nigerian followers at dwelling and overseas for standing by him all through his profession.
He concluded by saying he gave his greatest to Nigeria and stays assured in the way forward for the Tremendous Eagles, including that his bond with the nation will all the time stay robust.
