Jean-Manuel Mbom

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Jean-Manuel Mbom
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Bovenden, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Viborg
Number 18
Youth career
–2012 Bovender SV
2012–2013 JFV Göttingen
2013–2018 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Werder Bremen II 25 (1)
2018–2023 Werder Bremen 42 (0)
2019–2020KFC Uerdingen (loan) 28 (1)
2023– Viborg 60 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Germany U16 5 (1)
2016–2017 Germany U17 7 (2)
2018 Germany U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Germany U19 8 (0)
2019 Germany U20 4 (0)
2020–2021 Germany U21 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:26, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Jean-Manuel Mbom (born 24 February 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Viborg. He has represented Germany internationally at various youth levels. [2]

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Career

Mbom made his professional debut for KFC Uerdingen in the 3. Liga on 21 July 2019, starting in the home match against Hallescher FC before being substituted out in the 55th minute for Dennis Daube, with the match finishing as a 1–0 win. [3]

Mbom made his Bundesliga debut on the 2020–21 season's second matchday on 26 September 2020, in a 3–1 win away to Schalke 04. He started the match and played on the right side of midfield. [4]

On 24 August 2023, Mbom signed a three-year contract with Danish Superliga club Viborg. [5]

Personal life

Mbom was born in Bovenden, Lower Saxony and is of Cameroonian descent. [2] In 2021, he featured in Schwarze Adler  [ de ], a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 August 2025 [7] [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II 2018–19 Regionalliga Nord 231231
2022–23 Regionalliga Nord2020
Total2510000251
KFC Uerdingen (loan) 2019–20 3. Liga 2811 [a] 0291
Werder Bremen 2020–21 Bundesliga 2103 [a] 1241
2021–22 2. Bundesliga 1901 [a] 0200
2022–23 Bundesliga200 [a] 020
Total4204100461
Viborg FF 2023–24 Danish Superliga 2402 [b] 0260
2024–25 Danish Superliga2916 [b] 0351
2025–26 Danish Superliga700070
Total6018000681
Career total1553131001684
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the DFB-Pokal
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Danish Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Jean-Manuel Mbom". SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 Jean-Manuel Mbom at WorldFootball.net
  3. "KFC Uerdingen 05 – Hallescher FC 1:0 (3. Liga 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. Sander, Carsten (27 September 2020). "Wichtiger Werder-Sieg: Dreierpack! Niclas Füllkrug zerlegt Schalke 04". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. "VFF køber tysk midtbanespiller" [VFF buys German midfielder] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. Bülau, Maximilian (19 April 2021). "Von Mbom bis Kostedde: Das sind die Protagonisten der Amazon-Dokumentation „Schwarze Adler"". HNA (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. "Jean-Manuel Mbom » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. Jean-Manuel Mbom at Soccerway . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  9. "Fritz-Walter-Medaillen in Gold für Özcan, Arp und Feldkamp" (in German). German Football Association. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.