Musa Nizam

Musa Nizam — Biography

Musa Nizam is a footballer who came through the ranks in Antalya and reached the Süper Lig, playing mainly in defence. His best-known stops are his home-city club Antalyaspor and Trabzonspor, and the 1.82 m player was also capped by the Turkey under-21 side.

He started out at Kar İçecek Sarılar Spor, a neighbourhood club in Antalya, then moved into the Antalyaspor academy and turned professional in 2008. In the winter break of 2010-11 he was loaned to Denizlispor until the end of the season, and he returned to Antalyaspor at the start of 2011-12. Under Mehmet Özdilek he played at times at left-back and at times at centre-back, making 16 appearances and one assist. In 2012-13 he played in the centre of defence alongside Emre Güngör in 18 games. In 2013-14 he got more playing time under Samet Aybaba, wearing number 7 and making 31 appearances and standing out with an assist for Lamine Diarra against Fenerbahçe, but he could not stop the team from being relegated.

At the end of that season he transferred to Trabzonspor; in the summer of 2017 he left Trabzonspor and went back to Antalyaspor on a two-year contract. He signed for Akhisarspor in January 2019, was in the Kocaelispor squad in 2021, and in 2022 agreed terms with 2. Lig side Isparta 32 Spor. He made nine appearances for the Turkey under-21 team.