Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Uppsala, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Knivsta IK | ||
2012–2016 | IK Sirius | ||
2016–2018 | Sunderland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Sunderland | 10 | (2) |
2021 | → Torquay United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2021 | → Southend United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2022–2024 | AIK | 16 | (1) |
2023 | → Luzern (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2024– | St Johnstone | 38 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Sweden U19 | 10 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Sweden U21 | 11 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:55, 11 June 2022 (UTC) |
Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka (born 21 February 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. [1] He is able to play as a winger or striker.
Mbunga Kimpioka signed for Sunderland from Swedish side IK Sirius as an academy player on 1 July 2016. He made his first team debut for Sunderland as a substitute in an EFL Trophy tie against Stoke City U21s on 4 September 2018. [2] He made his league debut on 2 October 2018 in an EFL League One match against Peterborough United, [3] coming on in the 92nd minute for Jerome Sinclair. [4] He scored just 123 seconds into his third appearance; an EFL Trophy victory over Carlisle United on 10 October 2018. [5] Kimpioka scored his first league goal on 23 November 2019, a 90th-minute equaliser, in a 1–1 home draw against Coventry. [6] After a brief period away from the club, Kimpioka agreed a new 1-year deal with an option of a further year.
On 27 March 2021, Mbunga-Kimpioka joined National League side Torquay United on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [7]
On 31 March 2022, Mbunga Kimpioka joined Allsvenskan side AIK for an undisclosed fee. [8]
On 23 January 2023, Mbunga Kimpioka moved to Luzern in Switzerland on loan with an option to buy. [9]
On 2 January 2024, Mbunga Kimpioka joined Scottish side St Johnstone for an undisclosed fee. [10] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory away to Ross County in the Scottish Premiership on 3 February 2024. [11]
Born in Sweden, Mbunga Kimpioka is of Congolese and Angolan descent. [12]
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