Divin Mubama

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Divin Mubama
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Mubama with West Ham United in 2023
Personal information
Full name Divin Saku Mubama [1]
Date of birth (2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Newham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 67
Youth career
2013–2022 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 West Ham United 8 (0)
2024– Manchester City 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 England U15 3 (1)
2019–2020 England U16 8 (2)
2021–2022 England U18 7 (3)
2022–2023 England U19 5 (0)
2023– England U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:48, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:00, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Divin Saku Mubama (born 25 October 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City.

Contents

Club career

West Ham United

Born in Newham, Mubama joined West Ham United at the age of eight. [3] On 28 October 2021, Mubama signed his first professional contract with the club. [4] On 3 November 2022, Mubama made his debut for West Ham in a UEFA Europa Conference League tie against Romanian club FCSB. [5] West Ham won the game 3–0 with Mubama's header diverted into his own goal by FCSB's Joyskim Dawa for West Ham's second goal. [6] [7]

On 16 March 2023, he scored his first, and only, senior competitive goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League in a 4–0 win against AEK Larnaca, after coming on as a substitute. [8] [9]

Mubama was a member of the team which won the 2023 FA Youth Cup, defeating Arsenal 5–1 at the Emirates Stadium in April 2023. [10] Having scored a hat-trick in the previous round against Southampton, Mubama finished top-scorer in the competition. [11]

On 30 June 2024, West Ham announced that Mubama would leave the club at the end of his contract finishing that day. [12]

Manchester City

On 29 August 2024, Mubama confirmed he had signed for Manchester City. West Ham received a £2 million compensation fee as part of Mubama's move. [13] Mubama made his City debut on 11 January 2025, starting and then scoring in a 8–0 FA Cup third round home victory over EFL League Two side Salford City. [14]

International career

Born in England, Mubama is of DR Congolese descent. [15] He has represented England at under-15, under-16, under-18, under-19 level. [16]

On 12 October 2023, Mubama made his England U20 debut during a 2–0 away defeat to Romania. [17]

Personal life

Mubama attended St Bonaventure's in Forest Gate, the same school that Jermain Defoe attended. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United U21 2022–23 [19] —2 [a] 020
2023–24 [20] —2 [a] 222
Total—4242
West Ham United 2022–23 [19] Premier League 3010002 [b] 1—61
2023–24 [20] Premier League5020104 [c] 0—120
Total80301061—181
Manchester City U21 2024–25 [21] —1 [a] 010
Manchester City 2024–25 [21] Premier League101100000021
Career total9041106152254
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

West Ham United U18

West Ham United

Individual

Notes

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