Mohamed Musthaq
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Mohidden Mohamed Musthaq
Date of birth (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998
Place of birth Eravur, Sri Lanka
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Up Country Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Young Star
2020– Up Country Lions
International career‡
2019 Sri Lanka U23 3 (0)
2019– Sri Lanka 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Mohamed Musthaq (born 16 December 1998) is a Sri-Lankan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Up Country Lions SC of the Sri Lanka Champions League, and the Sri Lanka national football team.[1] [2]

Club career

Mustaq played for Young Star SC from 2018 to 2020. He then joined Up Country Lions SC of the Sri Lanka Champions League.[1]

International career

Musthaq represented Sri Lanka at the youth level, making three appearances for his nation during 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.[1] He was called up to the senior national team for the first time in July 2018 for a pair of friendlies against Lithuania.[3] He eventually made his senior debut on 31 August 2019 in a 1–5 friendly defeat to the United Arab Emirates. He scored his team's only goal in the match, his first for Sri Lanka.[4] In 2021 he was called up to the senior squad again for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification and the SAFF Championship.[5][6]

International goals

Scores and results list Sri Lanka's goal tally first.[4]

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 August 2019Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain United Arab Emirates1–31–5Friendly
Last updated 21 September 2021

International career statistics

As of match played 31 August 2019.[4]
Sri Lanka national team
YearAppsGoals
201911
Total11

References

  1. 1 2 3 "GSA profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ Nawaz, Althaf. "CFC vs UpCountry Lions takes top billing". Daily News. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka to face Lithuania in international return". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Football National Team Will Depart To The Korea Republic". footballsrilanka.tv. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Premalal, Susil. "FSL announce preliminary squad for SAFF Tourney". Daily Mirror. Retrieved September 21, 2021.


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