Joel Mvuka
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joel Mugisha Mvuka | ||
Date of birth | 12 November 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
Number | 93 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2019 | Åsane | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Åsane | 20 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Bodø/Glimt | 34 | (2) |
2023– | Lorient | 19 | (2) |
2023 | → Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2024 | → Young Boys (loan) | 16 | (2) |
International career | |||
2021 | Norway U19 | 2 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Norway U20 | 7 | (1) |
2022– | Norway U21 | 16 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Joel Mugisha Mvuka (born 12 November 2002) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Lorient.[1]
Club career
[edit]He spent his youth and senior career in Åsane. In the summer of 2021 Mvuka signed for FK Bodø/Glimt.
On 31 January 2023, Mvuka signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the French club Lorient and was loaned back to FK Bodø/Glimt until the end of the 2022–23 season.[2]
On 20 January 2024, Mvuka was loaned to Young Boys in Switzerland, with an option to buy.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Norway to Burundian parents.[4] He is also of Rwandan descent.[5] Mvuka had to stop football for 8 months as a teenager due to heart irregularities, but returned after he was properly diagnosed.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 November 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Åsane | 2019 | 2. divisjon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
2020 | 1. divisjon | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
2021 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Bodø/Glimt | 2021 | Eliteserien | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2022 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 47 | 4 | ||
2023 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||
Total | 46 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 83 | 8 | ||
Lorient | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | ||
Total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Young Boys (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
Total | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Career total | 101 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 145 | 12 |
Honours
[edit]Bodø/Glimt
References
[edit]- ^ "Joel Mvuka chez les Merlus puis prêté au FK Bodø/Glimt". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "JOEL MVUKA CHEZ LES MERLUS PUIS PRÊTÉ AU FK BODØ/GLIMT" (in French). FC Lorient. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "YB HOLT DEN NORWEGISCHEN STÜRMER JOEL MVUKA" [YB BRINGS NORWEGIAN STRIKER JOEL MVUKA] (in German). Young Boys. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Johnsen, Jonas (2 March 2020). "(+) Storebroren til Joel (17) ble en internettsensasjon. Det banet vei for Åsanes nye juvel". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Five young Rwandan players in Europe that can boost Amavubi squad". newtimes.co.rw. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Stortalentets fotballkarriere reddet av hjertespesialist fra Tanzania". www.vg.no. 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Joel Mvuka". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Joel Mvuka at Soccerway
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- Norwegian people of Burundian descent
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Åsane Fotball players
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- FC Lorient players
- BSC Young Boys players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
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- Swiss Super League players
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