Who is Jamal Musiala? This article will delve into the life history and the football journey of Musiala telling you facts about his childhood, parents, siblings, career path and lifestyle.
Who is Jamal Musiala?
Jamal Musiala is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich and Germany national team. Musiala is known for his world class dribbling abilities and is often considered amongst the best attacking midfielders in the world.
| Full name | Jamal Musiala |
| Date of birth Place of birth | 26 February 2003 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Height | 1.84 m |
| Current club | Bayern Munich |
| Position | Attacking midfielder, Winger |
| Preferred foot | Right |
| Net worth | $5 Million as of 2024 |
Jamal Musiala Biography.
The German jewel was born on 26 February 2003 to his mother Carolin Musiala and father Daniel Richard in Stuttgart, Germany. He came to this world as the first born out of the three children in the family.
Childhood and Education story
Musiala spent his earliest years of his childhood at Stuttgart together with his younger sister. When he was at age of two, their parents decided to leave Stuttgart to live in Fulda, another city in Germany for his mum to pursue her educational dreams. At Fulda, is where Jamal Musiala had the first taste of football.
At age of seven, his parents decided to leave Germany for England and settled at Southampton where he spent the rest of his childhood life. Despite being in a new country, Musiala didn’t stop his football dreams as he aspired to be a professional footballer.
Musiala attended the Corpus Christi primary school at the New Malden and for the secondary school he went to Whitgift school in Croydon.
Parents and origin.
First and foremost the Jamal Musiala comes from a mixed race family background. His father Daniel Richard is a British-Nigerian while his mother is a Polish-German. His father was born in Nigeria and thanks to his extraordinary journey to Europe which granted him both England and Germany citizenship. His mum has Polish origins and moved to Germany at an early age.
Musiala’s mother is a sociologist with a degree from the University of Southampton, England while his father is a business man.
Siblings
Jamal Musiala has two other siblings; a sister and a brother. His sister Latisha Musiala has been in the limelight due to her incredible support of her older brother accompanying him to football matches as she is a big fan of Bayern Munich and Jamal Musiala once quoted she was the reason he joined the club. Little is known about their younger brother Jarrel Musiala.
Jamal Musiala- Football story.
Musiala first had a taste of football at age of two and his parents started preparing for his future by finding him an academy. As early as age of four, Musiala was already training with TSV Lehnerz, a local club in Fulda. The super talented kid led the under seven of the club to win significant honours and also winning the 2008-09 top scorer for the junior tournament. His reign at Lehnerz didn’t last long as his family moved to England.
After moving to England his parents saw the necessity of their child continuing from where he had left off in Germany and started to look for an academy but getting him enrolled to the best academies wasn’t easy as they had thought. Lack of football frustrated Musiala and this forced his father to find other alternative and he was advised that his son must first join a football school while they push for a bigger academy.
The highly pushy and ambitious dad made his son join Central Academy. Here Musiala met Levi Colwill who later became his best friend. His father wasn’t convinced about his son being at Central Academy as he viewed it as a small team with less standards and decided to go higher by trying his luck at Southampton.
With the help of Rosh Bhatt, the first coach of Jamal Musiala at Central Academy, his father was able to reach out the scouting management of Southampton Football Club and invited one of the club’s scout to come and watch Musiala in the next game who at last recommended him after a successful test match.
After successful trials, in November 2010, Musiala was approved to join Southampton Youth. At Southampton, Musiala showcased his talent and the academy played a critical role as it exposed him out to a larger audience which also attracted other scouts from bigger academies in England and with no time Chelsea and Arsenal began monitoring him.
Chelsea and Arsenal engaged in a transfer battle and requested for the boy’s presence through an invitation to the club. Southampton saw an opportunity of making a profit by selling Musiala as they were no longer interested in keeping him. Chelsea finally won the battle after convincing his parents who had also visited the club’s facilities.
Jamal Musiala- Chelsea
Immediately he joined Chelsea Football Club he was enrolled to Whitgift School located at Croydon as it was one of the club recommendations for the kid to be enrolled at an educational institution. At school football he enjoyed success and few knew that he was part of Chelsea.
During his academy stay at Chelsea he had a good relationship with his coach who helped him mature football wise. His dribbling skills and calmness in front of the opponents goal made him unstoppable and bagged him several awards which gave him national recognition and was called for England Youth duties.
The talented lad finally decided to leave Chelsea due to personal reasons and refused to accept a long term contract proposal by the club in 2019 as he had limited chances with the U18s. The other reasons were Britain’s idea to exit from European Union which forced his parents to return back to Germany. And lastly, Frank Lampard didn’t consider him to be part of his senior team.
Jamal Musiala- Bayern
Bayern Munich successfully secured the signing of Musiala although their priority was Callum Hudson-Odoi as they weren’t aware of Jamal Musiala and learnt him during a transfer conversation with Callum Hudson-Odoi brother who kept mentioning the name Musiala which left Bayern officials wondering who he was. The club was forced to do a research about Musiala and found out he was worth signing and quickly decided to sign him.
Musiala followed the likes of Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham who had left for Bundesliga. As expected his progression picked up from where he left at Chelsea and made his professional debut for Bayern reserve team on 3 June 2020. Several weeks later Jamal made his Bundesliga debut against SC Freiburg and became the youngest player to play a Bundesliga match for Bayern Munich aged 17 years and 115 days. He was also part of the squad that won the 2019-20 Champions league although he didn’t feature any game.
Rise to fame.
Months after making his professional debut, he scored his first goal on 18 September 2020 minutes after coming on as a substitute against Schalke and became Bayern’s youngest goalscorer and brought media attention under his name. Musiala continued to impress and eventually in 3 November he made his Champions League debut against Red Bull Salzburg.
On 23 February 2021 he scored his first Champions league goal in a 4-1 win against Lazio and became the youngest player to do so for Bayern Munich. On March 2021 he signed his first professional contract committing himself to the club until 2026.
The success of Jamal Musiala at Bayern is evident as he has won multiple domestic trophies including the UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and countless individual awards proving how he is super talented.
International Career
Jamal Musiala has represented both England and Germany at Youth levels and he was also eligible to represent Nigeria through his father.
His first international duty was with the England U15 and managed to represent the country at every youth level. In November 2020 he received his first U21 call up for UEFA U21 qualifications and made his debut for England U21 on 13 November against Andorra U21. After signaling his intentions to represent England, Germany stopped persuading him and supported the decision as he claimed he was more comfortable with England as he had some history there spending most of life at England and knew some players there.
Senior Career
On 24 February 2021, Musiala announced that he had decided to represent Germany, the country he was born in. One of the reasons for the switch was due to his fellow teammates especially Joshua Kimmich, Manuel Nuer, Goretzka and Leroy Sane who convinced him to leave England for Germany. The other reason was influence of Joachim Löw who was the national team head coach by then who convinced him and his parents that he will have ample playing time at the team.
Upon his decision to switch international allegiance he was called for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March and made his debut on 25 March in a 3-0 win against Iceland. Musiala was selected for the UEFA Euro 2020 squad which had been postponed due to COVID pandemic and became the youngest player to feature in a major tournament for Germany.
He scored his first international goal on 11 October 2021 in a 4-0 victory over North Macedonia in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Since then Musiala has been a key figure for Germany national team receiving call ups for every tournament and in Euro 2024 he finished the tournament as a joint top scorer with three goals winning the Golden boot which was a 6-way tie.
Net worth
As of 2024, Jamal Musiala has an estimated net worth of $5 million with his main source of income being football and endorsements. Under his current contract at Bayern which expires in 2026 he earns £97,000 per week.
Girlfriend
The player appears to be single by the time of publishing this biography as our detailed research to his social media accounts didn’t reveal any sign of a lady whom he is in a romantic relationship with.
Style of play
The talented right footed attacking midfielder is known for his dribbling abilities and his good vision on the pitch. Jamal Musiala is also plays at both wings.
