Yunus Musah

Yunus Dimoara Musah (born November 29, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from AC Milan, and the United States national team.

An alumnus of Arsenal's Hale End academy, Musah began his senior career with La Liga club Valencia in 2020 at age 17 after quickly rising through club's youth and reserve teams. With Valencia, he featured in 94 league appearances for the club. In June 2023 he signed with Serie A club AC Milan for €20 million ($21.9m) and won the 2025 Supercoppa Italiana.

Born in the United States to Ghanaian parents, he grew up mostly in Italy and England. He was a youth international for England before debuting with the U.S. senior squad in 2020 and officially committing to the nation in 2021. Musah won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021 and 2023, and named the 2022 U.S. Soccer Young Player of the Year.

Musah was born in New York City to Ghanaian parents when his mother was on vacation in the United States. After his birth, the family moved to Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, where he started his career at the local Giorgione Calcio 2000 team. In 2012, at age nine, he moved to London and joined Arsenal's academy whilst studying at Eastbury Community School in Barking. Arsenal U16 coach Trevor Bumstead stated Musah made an immediate impression; "As a player, he was 'wow'. He's got fantastic physical attributes and the drive and determination to go with that. He would play anywhere to get in the team but his favourite was as a central attacking midfield player."

In the summer of 2019, Musah joined Valencia, at the age of 16, and was assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. He made his debut with the B-team at the age of 16 on September 15, 2019, starting in a 0–0 home draw against La Nucía. He scored his first senior goal on March 1, 2020, netting his team's only goal in a 2–1 loss at Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

After the arrival of new manager Javi Gracia in Valencia's first team, Musah spent the 2020 pre-season with the main squad. At age 17 years and eight months, he made his first team—and La Liga—debut on September 13 of that year, starting in a 4–2 home win against Levante UD. In doing so, he became the first Englishman and American to debut for the club.

On November 1, 2020, aged 17 years and 338 days, Musah scored a goal in a 2–2 draw against Getafe CF, becoming the youngest non-Spanish player to score for Valencia, breaking the previous record held by Lee Kang-in, aged 18 years and 219 days. The following month, he extended his contract with Valencia until 2026. On December 16, in the first round of the Copa del Rey, he came on with four minutes remaining away to Tercera División club Terrassa and scored an equalizing goal as his team won 4–2 after extra time. He was nominated for the 2022 Golden Boy award for his seasonal performances.

In the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Musah scored in wins at Utrillas and Arenteiro in the early rounds. In the final on April 23, he replaced Dimitri Foulquier after 100 minutes of a 1–1 draw against Real Betis and was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout.