Ahmed Musa was on everyone's lips after his stunning brace for Nigeria during a World Cup match against Iceland on Friday.

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Iceland pressed hard in both halves with a view to winning the nail-biting encounter but Musa had other ideas.

His goals revived Nigeria's hopes that they could make it beyond the group stages to the last sixteen stage.

But who is this man who injected hope into Nigeria's campaign in Russia?

Here are facts about him:

Ahmed Musa was born in 1992 and he is 25 years old.

He is married to Juliet Ejue with whom he has two children, a boy and a girl.

The boy is called Ahmed Musa while the girl is called Halima Musa.

He is a Leicester City player who is on loan to his former club CSKA Moscow.

He is the first player to score a brace for Nigeria at a World Cup.

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