Jamal Musiala German Footballer From Stuttgart

Early life

Jamal Musiala was born in Stuttgart on 26 February 2003. His father is of Nigerian and British background and his mother is German with Polish roots. The family lived in Fulda until he was seven, then moved to England, where he spent most of his childhood. He attended Corpus Christi School in New Malden and later Whitgift School in Croydon. In primary school he played for the school team in an inter-school competition under the banners of several local clubs, and he spent the final part of his youth career in the Chelsea academy. Around the age of sixteen he and his mother returned to Germany.

Career

Musiala is an attacking midfielder and stands 184 cm tall. After moving to Germany he joined Bayern Munich. His first match as a professional came on 3 June 2020, when he came on for Bayern Munich II in a 3. Liga win over Preussen Munster. On 20 June 2020 he made his Bundesliga debut against SC Freiburg and became the youngest player to appear for the club in the league. His first Bundesliga goal came on 18 September 2020 in an 8-0 win over Schalke, which also made him the club's youngest scorer in the league. In the Champions League he made his debut as a substitute in November 2020 and scored for the first time on 23 February 2021 in a 4-1 win away to Lazio. He signed his first professional contract with Bayern in March 2021.

In the seasons that followed he became a regular in the first team. On 23 April 2022 his goal in a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund secured the Bundesliga title, the club's tenth in a row. A year later, on 27 May 2023, he scored an 89th-minute winner at FC Koln that clinched an eleventh consecutive title on goal difference. He ended that season with twelve league goals, second at Bayern behind Serge Gnabry. In 2023-24 he scored thirteen goals in all competitions, ten of them in the league. On 30 October 2024 he scored his first career hat-trick, in a 4-0 DFB-Pokal win at Mainz, and on 15 June 2025 he scored another against Auckland City in a 10-0 win at the FIFA Club World Cup. In February 2025 he extended his contract with Bayern until 2030, and he took the number 10 shirt from Leroy Sane ahead of the 2025-26 season.

At international level, Musiala represented England at under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-21 level between 2016 and 2020, and also appeared for the Germany under-16 side in 2018. He debuted for England's under-21s on 13 November 2020 and scored in his second match. In February 2021 he announced that he would play for Germany, and he made his senior debut on 25 March 2021 as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Iceland. He was named in the squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 and, on 23 June 2021, became the youngest German to play in a major tournament for the national team. His first senior international goal came on 11 October 2021 in a 4-0 win over North Macedonia.

He was part of Germany's squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he started the opening match against Japan. At UEFA Euro 2024, played in Germany, he scored in the 5-1 opening win over Scotland and was named player of the match, then scored again against Denmark in the round of 16. Germany lost to eventual champions Spain in the quarter-finals. His three goals made him joint top scorer of the tournament, a prize shared in a six-way tie. In May 2026 he was selected for Germany's squad for the 2026 World Cup and scored his first World Cup goal on 14 June 2026 in a 7-1 win over Curacao.

Recognition

Musiala received the Bayerischer Sportpreis in 2023. His other individual honours include a share of the Euro 2024 Golden Boot and a place in that tournament's team of the tournament. He was named Germany's national Player of the Year in 2022 and 2024, and he finished as runner-up for the Kopa Trophy in 2023. With Bayern he has won several Bundesliga titles, the DFB-Pokal in 2025-26, and he was in the squad that won the Champions League in 2019-20.