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Victor Moses

Moses lining up for Chelsea in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Victor Moses
Date of birth	(1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	West Ham United (on loan from Chelsea)
Number	20
Youth career
2001–2007	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Crystal Palace	58	(11)
2010–2012	Wigan Athletic	74	(8)
2012–	Chelsea	23	(1)
2013–2014	→ Liverpool (loan)	19	(1)
2014–2015	→ Stoke City (loan)	19	(3)
2015–	→ West Ham United (loan)	1	(0)
International career
2005	England U16	1	(0)
2006–2007	England U17	15	(9)
2008–2009	England U19	12	(2)
2010	England U21	1	(0)
2012–	Nigeria	24	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 11 April 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2014

Victor Moses (born 12 December 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club West Ham United, on loan from Chelsea. He plays as a winger.

Moses began his career in the Championship with Crystal Palace, before his performances caught the eye of Wigan Athletic, where he made his Premier League debut in 2010. After two years, his game had improved to the extent that European champions Chelsea were interested. Despite 10 goals in all competitions during his first season, he spent his second season on loan to Liverpool his third on loan at Stoke City and his fourth on loan at West Ham United.

Born in Nigeria, he represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, but opted to play for Nigeria as opposed to being fully capped for England. He has gained over 20 caps for Nigeria since his debut in 2012, and played in their winning campaign at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early life

Moses was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the son of a Christian pastor. When he was 11, his parents were killed. A week later with his travel being paid for by relatives, Moses came to Britain as an asylum seeker. He attended Stanley Technical High School (now known as the Harris Academy) in South Norwood. Scouted playing football in the local Tandridge League for Cosmos 90 FC, Crystal Palace approached him, with the club's Selhurst Park stadium just streets away from his school.

Offered a place in the Eagles' academy, Palace recommended him to the fee-paying Whitgift School in Croydon, where former Arsenal and Chelsea star Colin Pates was coaching the school football team. Moses first came to prominence at 14 after scoring 50 goals for Palace's under-14s side. Playing for three years at both Whitgift and Palace, Moses scored over 100 goals as well as helping Whitgift win many School Cups, including a National Cup where Moses scored all five goals in the final against Healing School of Grimsby at the Walkers Stadium, Leicester.

Crystal Palace

Moses made his first team debut for Palace at the age of 16 on 6 November 2007 in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City. He kept his place in the side thereafter and scored his first senior goal on 12 March 2008 in a 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. In total Moses played 16 times in 2007–08 as Palace reached the Championship play-offs where they lost out to Bristol City. At the end of the season he signed a new contract at Selhurst Park much to delight of manager Neil Warnock.— "Victor signing is a huge coup for the club; I've told Victor he could go as high as he wants. He's improving every day and I am delighted that he has signed this deal as he is a player who will go from strength to strength."

He score twice in 32 appearances in 2008–09 as Palace had a disappointing campaign finishing in 15th position. In 2009–10 Moses went on a run of six goals in eight matches but Palace were suffering huge financial problems and the club went into administration in January 2010.

Wigan Athletic

On the final day of it he completed a £2.5 million transfer to Premier League side Wigan Athletic after Palace went into administration. He made his debut on 6 February 2010 as a substitute against Sunderland in a 1–1 draw. On 20 March 2010, Moses came on as a substitute against Burnley and got his first assist for the club, setting up team mate Hugo Rodallega for an injury time winner. He scored his first goal for Wigan on 3 May 2010 against Hull City.

Moses picked up two injuries at the start of the 2010–11 season, and found it difficult to make it back into the first-team due to increased competition for places. He scored his first league goal of the season on 13 November 2010 in a 1–0 win against West Bromwich Albion.

Following the departure of Charles N'Zogbia, Moses became a regular starter for Wigan in the 2011–12 season. On 10 December 2011, he scored his first goal of the season against West Bromwich Albion – his first goal since scoring against the same team last season.

Chelsea

On 23 August 2012, Wigan Athletic accepted a fifth bid from Chelsea after they finally met Wigan's asking price after four previously unsuccessful bids. The player was given permission to speak with Chelsea. On 24 August, Chelsea announced that the transfer of Moses had been completed. Moses played his first game for Chelsea when he appeared as a substitute against West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 15 September.

Moses made his full debut for Chelsea when he started the League Cup game against Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored his first goal after 71 minutes in a game that finished 6–0 to the Blues. Moses started his first Champions League game against Nordsjælland. On 31 October, Moses was named Man of the Match of the match against Manchester United in the League Cup, a game Chelsea won 5–4.

On 3 November, Moses scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea in the match against Swansea City, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Four days later, he scored his first Champions League goal for Chelsea against Shakhtar Donetsk; Moses replaced Oscar in the 79th minute and went on to head in Juan Mata's corner with seconds left to secure a 3–2 win. On 5 January 2013, Moses opened his scoring tally for the year with a powerful drive into the bottom corner whilst playing in the FA Cup Third Round against Southampton, as Chelsea came from 1–0 behind to beat the Saints 5–1.

Moses scored his first Europa League goal for Chelsea in a 3–1 home win against Rubin Kazan, and then his second in the reverse fixture a week later. He continued his fine form in the competition by scoring his side's first goal in the 1–2 away win at FC Basel on 25 April. He also scored in the reverse match against Basel when the Blues won 3–1 at home and secured their participation in the Europa League Final, a match in which Moses did not feature but the Blues nonetheless won 2–1 against Benfica in Amsterdam on 15 May.

Loan to Liverpool

On 2 September 2013, Moses signed for Liverpool on a season-long loan deal. He scored on his debut on 16 September against Swansea City in a 2–2 draw. On 25 January 2014, he scored the first goal of a 2–0 victory against Bournemouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Due to the form of Raheem Sterling during the 2013–14 season, Moses found opportunities hard to come by under Brendan Rogers playing 22 games of which only nine were starts.

Loan to Stoke City

On 16 August 2014 Moses joined Stoke City on loan for the 2014–15 season. He made his Premier League debut for Stoke City on 30 August 2014 in a 1–0 win away at Manchester City. In Stoke City's 1–0 win over Newcastle United on 29 September 2014, Moses provided the assist for the lone goal scored by Peter Crouch and was voted Man of the match for his performance. On 19 October 2014 in a 2–1 win against Swansea City, Moses won a penalty after going down under a challenge from Àngel Rangel and after the match Swansea manager Garry Monk claimed that Moses dived. Match of the Day 2 pundit John Hartson also claimed Moses had cheated but he later apologised to Moses for his comments. He scored his first goal for Stoke on 1 November 2014 in a 2–2 draw with West Ham United. Moses suffered a thigh injury against Burnley on 22 November 2014 which ruled him out for eight weeks. On 17 January 2015, Moses returned to the starting line-up against Leicester City which ended in a 1–0 win for Stoke. On 21 February 2015 Moses scored a 90th minute penalty to earn Stoke a 2–1 victory over Midlands rivals Aston Villa at Villa Park. He also scored in a 2–0 victory over Everton on 4 March 2015.

With André Schürrle and Mohamed Salah leaving on a permanent basis and on loan respectively, it was announced that Jose Mourinho attempted to recall Moses back from Stoke City, only for the winger to reject the move back. Moses suffered a hamstring injury whilst playing against West Ham United on 11 April 2015, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.

Return to Chelsea

After a successful season on loan with Stoke City, Moses returned to the Blues and made appearances in all four of the preseason games and scored once, against PSG. Moses made his first competitive appearance since the return on 2 August against Arsenal for the Community Shield when he replaced John Terry in the 82th minute, the match ended with Chelsea losing 1–0.

Loan to West Ham United

On 1 September 2015, Moses joined West Ham United on a season-long loan. Before joining West Ham United on loan, Moses signed a new four-year contract, which will keep him at Chelsea until 2019.

International career

England

U-16 and U-17 level

Despite originally hailing from Nigeria, Moses initially chose to represent his adopted home of England, featuring for the under-16 team, in which he won the Victory Shield in 2005, and under-17 level. He travelled with the squad to the 2007 UEFA European U-17 Championship in Belgium, scoring three times (including the only goal in the semi-final win over France) to help John Peacock's side to the competition final, where they were narrowly beaten by a single goal by Spain, though Moses managed to finish as the competition's top scorer and collect the Golden Boot for doing so.

That same summer the squad travelled to South Korea for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Moses finished as the Young Lions' top scorer, netting three times in the Group B fixtures, but sustained an injury in the victory over Brazil that ruled him out of the competition. Moses' teammates went on to reach the quarterfinal stage.

U-19s

Following that tournament Moses was promoted to the under-18 squad, and following his goalscoring exploits for Palace's first-team, he was promoted to the under-19 side without appearing sufficiently for the U-18s to actually collect a cap. He went with the U-19s to the 2008 UEFA European U-19 Championship in the Czech Republic, playing two matches and picking up one assist as the Young Lions failed to make it out of Group B. Speculation grew as Stuart Pearce snubbed him that Moses would return to play for Nigeria in the 2010 World Cup, this move never materialised.

U-21s

Moses was promoted to the under-21 squad at the beginning of the 2010-2011 Premier League season and made his debut against Uzbekistan in a 2–0 win.

Nigeria

Moses was selected to play for Nigeria against Guatemala in February 2011, but the friendly was cancelled. He accepted a call-up in March 2011 for Nigeria's games against Ethiopia and Kenya. However, he was ruled out of those games because his application to FIFA to switch nationalities was not received in time. It was announced on 1 November 2011, that FIFA had cleared Moses and Shola Ameobi to play for Nigeria. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring two penalties in their final group stage game against Ethiopia, which Nigeria needed to win to go through. For the second, the Ethiopian Goalkeeper Sisay Bancha was given his second booking in the events leading to the penalty and was sent off. Ethiopia had already used all three substitutes so their holding midfielder went in goal, and missed Moses' penalty. The game ended 2–0. Nigeria went on to win the tournament, which was the third one in their history. Moses started in the final and played the entire game.

Moses was selected for Nigeria's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in their opening group match and the Round of 16 match against France as they lost 2-0.

Personal life

Moses has a son, Brentley, (born 2012) and a daughter, Nyah, (born 2015).

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 August 2015

1. Appearances in the Championship play-offs
2. Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances and four goals in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup
4. Appearances in the FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 3 May 2015.

International goals

Updated to games played 27 March 2015.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 October 2012	U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Liberia	3–0	6–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	13 October 2012	U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Liberia	6–1	6–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	29 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa	Ethiopia	1–0	2–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations
4.	29 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa	Ethiopia	2–0	2–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations
5.	7 September 2013	U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Malawi	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round
6.	16 November 2013	U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Ethiopia	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round
7.	7 June 2014	Everbank Field, Jacksonville, Florida	United States	1–2	1-2	Friendly

Honours

Club

Chelsea

• UEFA Europa League: 2012–13

International

Nigeria

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2013

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External links

• Chelsea profile
• Victor Moses at Soccerbase
• ESPN profile

Nigeria squads

v t e Nigeria squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winners (3rd title) 1 Enyeama 2 Yobo (c) 3 Echiéjilé 4 Obiora 5 Ambrose 6 Egwuekwe 7 Musa 8 Ideye 9 Emenike 10 Mikel 11 Moses 12 Gabriel 13 Ogude 14 Oboabona 15 Uche 16 Ejide 17 Onazi 18 Uzoenyi 19 Mba 20 Nosa 21 Oshaniwa 22 Omeruo 23 Agbim Coach: Keshi v t e Nigeria squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Enyeama 2 Yobo (c) 3 Uzoenyi 4 Gabriel 5 Ambrose 6 Egwuekwe 7 Musa 8 Odemwingie 9 Emenike 10 Mikel 11 Moses 12 Odunlami 13 Oshaniwa 14 Oboabona 15 Azeez 16 Ejide 17 Onazi 18 Babatunde 19 Nwofor 20 Uchebo 21 Agbim 22 Omeruo 23 Ameobi Coach: Keshi

• Use dmy dates from October 2012
• 1990 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Lagos
• Nigerian footballers
• Nigeria international footballers
• English footballers
• England youth international footballers
• England under-21 international footballers
• Association football wingers
• Crystal Palace F.C. players
• Wigan Athletic F.C. players
• Chelsea F.C. players
• Liverpool F.C. players
• Stoke City F.C. players
• West Ham United F.C. players
• Premier League players
• The Football League players
• 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
• 2014 FIFA World Cup players
• English people of Nigerian descent
• Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
• Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
• People educated at Whitgift School