Lawi Afrika mwakalomba (born 21 June 1996) is a Tanzanian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

left winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Tanzanian Premier League The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is the top-level professional football league in Tanzania and is administered by the Tanzania Football Federation. History The league was first organised in 1921 in Dar es Salaam. By 1929, it had six part ...

club

Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional football club based in Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Nicknamed "Yanga" ( ...

Club career

Born in

Morogoro Morogoro is a city in the eastern part of Tanzania west of Dar es Salaam. Morogoro is the capital of the Morogoro Region. It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari" which translates to “city short of an ocean/port." The Belgian based ...

, Mussa started his career with Azam FC in 2013. In April 2016, he went on a trial at

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

, and after impressing in friendly matches, he signed a two-year deal in May and was assigned to the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. Mussa made his debut abroad on 14 January 2017, starting and scoring his team's second in a 2–2 away draw against

CF Unión Viera Club de Fútbol Unión Viera is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1962, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home matches at '' Estadio Pepe Gonçalvez''. ...

. On 30 April, he scored a brace in a 5–1 win at

UD Lanzarote Unión Deportiva Lanzarote is a Spanish football team based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home games at the '' Ciudad Deportiva d ...

. On 12 August 2020, Mussa returned to his home country after signing for

International career

Mussa made his debut for the

Tanzania national football team The Tanzania national football team ( sw, Timu ya Taifa ya Mpira wa Miguu ya Tanzania) represents Tanzania in men's international football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania, Tan ...

on 19 November 2013, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 friendly draw against

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* * 1996 births Living people People from Morogoro Region Tanzanian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Azam F.C. players Young Africans S.C. players Tercera División players CD Tenerife B players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Tanzania men's international footballers Tanzanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Tanzanian Premier League players Tanzania men's A' international footballers 2020 African Nations Championship players Tanzanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{Tanzania-footy-bio-stub