Muizz Mustapha

Muizz Mustapha (born 3 April 2000) is a Nigerian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row, or loose forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League.

Muizz Mustapha
Personal information
Full nameMuizz Mustapha
Born (2000-04-03) 3 April 2000
Nigeria
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Playing information
PositionProp, Loose forward, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–22 Leeds Rhinos 9 1 0 0 4
2018(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 1 0 0 0 0
2019(loan) → Dewsbury Rams 2 0 0 0 0
2019(loan) → Newcastle Thunder 7 3 0 0 12
2021(loan) → Hull Kingston Rovers 11 0 0 0 0
2022(loan) → Bradford Bulls 8 0 0 0 0
2023– Castleford Tigers 3 0 0 0 0
Total 41 4 0 0 16
Source: [1][2]
As of 28 September 2022

He previously played for the Leeds Rhinos, where he spent time on-loan at the Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers and the Dewsbury Rams in the RFL Championship and the Newcastle Thunder in Betfred League 1.

Background

Mustapha was born in Nigeria.[3]

Career

Leeds Rhinos

In 2018 he made professional début on loan at Featherstone Rovers and has also spent time at the Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship.

In 2019 he made début for Leeds v Workington Town in the Challenge Cup.[4]

On 18 November 2020 it was announced that Mustapha would join Hull KR on a season-long loan starting in 2021.[5]

Hull Kingston Rovers (loan)

Mustapha made a total of 8 appearances for Hull KR in the 2021 Super League season including the club's 28-10 semi-final defeat against the Catalans Dragons.[6][7][8]

Bradford Bulls (loan)

On 2 December 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Bradford in the RFL Championship on loan.[9]

Castleford

On 3 October 2022, Mustapha signed a one-year deal to join Castleford.[10] Mustapha played 13 matches for Castleford in the Super League XXVIII season as the club finished 11th on the table narrowly avoiding relegation.[11]

International

On 11 September 2019 Mustapha was called up for the Nigeria 60-man training squad.[12]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. "Meet Elliot Wallis - The explosive Hull KR winger called up by new Nigerian national team". Mirror. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. "Challenge Cup: Leeds Rhinos 78-6 Workington Town". BBC. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. "Leeds forward Muizz Mustapha joins Hull KR on loan after extending Rhinos stay". www.loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2020.
  6. "Catalans Dragons blast past Hull KR and into their first Super League Grand Final". www.theguardian.com.
  7. "Barrie McDermott's 2021 Betfred Super League season review". www.skysports.com.
  8. "Super League: Warrington Wolves 0-19 Hull KR - Robins set up a semi-final at Catalans". www.bbc.com.
  9. "Leeds loan three players to Bradford". Love Rugby League. 2 Dec 2021. Retrieved 2 Dec 2021.
  10. "Castleford Tigers sign forward Muizz Mustapha from Leeds Rhinos". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  11. "Castleford Tigers ace Alex Mellor delivers brutally honest assessment of 'awful' season; 'We've massively underperformed'". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  12. "60 Man Nigeria Squad". www.nigeriarugbyleague.org. 11 Sep 2019. Retrieved 24 Dec 2020.


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