Suley Musah (born 6 May 1979) is a retired Ghanaian 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 le ...

who played as a defender and last played for

East Bengal FC East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fl ...

in 2008.

Career

Suley Musah began his career at Afienya United FC as a right back in the

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...

. In 1998, he signed for

along with fellow countrymen Jackson Egypong and Emmanuel Opoku to play in the

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. Musah spent 6 seasons in the East Bengal colours before leaving for

Tollygunge Agragami Tollygunge Agragami Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1943, the club primarily competes in the Calcutta Football League, Calcutta Premier Division L ...

in 2004–05. In 2005-06 he joined Mohammedan Sporting and after 1 season, he joined Air India in 2006 where he spent 2 seasons. He returned to play for East Bengal in 2008–09 season, before retiring from professional football. In 2000–01 season, Suley Musah along with countryman Jackson Egypong, under coach

Monoranjan Bhattacharya Monoranjan Bhattacharya, nicknamed ''Mona'', is a retired Indian professional footballer and football manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India ...

helped

win their first

title. East Bengal conceded just 9 goals, the fewest goals they ever conceded in the league till date. In 2002–03 season, Suley Musah had the best season in India with

, under coach

Subhash Bhowmick Subhash Bhowmick (2 October 1950 – 22 January 2022) was an Indian football player and manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India in various in ...

, as the Red and Gold brigade won all 5 tournaments that they had participated in: 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 IFA Shield, 2002 Durand Cup, 2002-03 National Football League and Independence Day Cup; equaling their own record of winning 5 trophies in a season which they achieved back in 1972-73 and 1973–74 season. In 2003–04 season, Suley Musah captained the

side and won 2003-04 National Football League, 2003 Calcutta Football League and

2003 ASEAN Club Championship The 2003 ASEAN Club Championship or the 2003 ACC was the first edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Fo ...

held in

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defeating

2002–03 AFC Champions League The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the twenty-second edition of Asia's premier football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first edition under the AFC Champions League title. Sixteen teams competed in this ed ...

runners-up

BEC Tero Sasana Police Tero Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ-เทโร), formerly known as BEC Tero Sasana Football Club, is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural ...

3–1 in the final. In his illustrious career in Indian football with

, Suley Musah has scored 41 goals in the Red and Gold colours and have won 19 trophies including 3

titles.

Honours

Club

;East Bengal: * ASEAN Club Championship (1):

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(3): 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04 * Calcutta Football League (6): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 * IFA Shield (3): 2000, 2001, 2002 * Durand Cup (2): 2002, 2004 *

All Airlines Gold Cup The All Airlines Gold Cup was a domestic football tournament organised by the Indian Football Association The Indian Football Association, abbreviated as IFA, is the organisation that administers association football in the state of West Be ...

(1): 2001 *Independence Day Cup (1): 2002-03 *San Miguel International Cup (1): 2004 *McDowell Cup (1): 2000

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Musah, Suley 1979 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers I-League players East Bengal Club players Men's association football defenders Tollygunge Agragami FC players