Jamal Musiala (born 26 February 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world,[4][11][12] Musiala is known for his passing and technical skills, and is nicknamed "Bambi" for his close-control dribbling.
Musiala has played for both Germany and England national teams at youth level, and eventually pledged his allegiance to the German Football Association for future games in February 2021.
[25][26] On 3 June 2020, Musiala made his professional debut, coming on as a substitute for Bayern Munich II in their 3–2 win over Preußen Münster in the 3.
[16][31] On 3 November, Musiala made his Champions League debut as a substitute to Thomas Müller in a 6–2 away win over Red Bull Salzburg.
[33] On 23 February 2021, Musiala scored his first Champions League goal in a 4–1 away win over Lazio in the first leg of the round of 16 tie of the knockout phase, becoming the competition's youngest goalscorer of both English and German nationalities.
[34][35] He also became Bayern's youngest goalscorer in the European competition, aged 17 years and 363 days, breaking previous record by Samuel Kuffour.
[49] Musiala, who was also eligible to play for Nigeria via his father, represented both England and Germany at youth international level.
[25][50] In November 2020, Musiala was called up to the England U21 squad for the first time for their 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.
[61] On 23 June 2021, he became the youngest German player to feature in a major tournament for the Germany national team in a 2–2 draw with Hungary, aged 18 years and 117 days.
[64] On 23 November, he made his World Cup debut by starting against Japan, to become the first German teenager to feature in the competition since 1958, and the fourth youngest German player, aged 19 years and 270 days, in all World Cup participations, only behind: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Leopold Neumer and Edmund Conen.
Hansi Flick, his former coach at Bayern Munich, stated, "He has a great eye and feeling for choosing the right spaces.