Joel Mvuka

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Joel Mvuka
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Personal information
Full name Joel Mugisha Mvuka
Date of birth (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 22)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Åsane 20 (0)
2021–2023 Bodø/Glimt 34 (2)
2023– Lorient 38 (3)
2023Bodø/Glimt (loan) 12 (3)
2024Young Boys (loan) 16 (2)
International career
2021 Norway U19 2 (0)
2021–2024 Norway U20 7 (1)
2022–2024 Norway U21 16 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:37, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Joel Mugisha Mvuka (born 12 November 2002) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Lorient. [1]

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Club career

He spent his youth and senior career in Åsane. In the summer of 2021 Mvuka signed for 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 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

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] His brother Beltran Mvuka is also a professional footballer. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Åsane 2019 2. divisjon 202040
2020 1. divisjon 6060
2021 12020140
Total20040240
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 801070160
2022 26231181474
2023 1236120204
Total465102271838
Lorient 2023–24 Ligue 1 700070
2024–25 Ligue 2 30310313
2025–26 Ligue 1 100010
Total38310393
Young Boys (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Super League 1621020192
Career total1201016229116513

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Lorient

Individual

References

  1. "Joel Mvuka chez les Merlus puis prêté au FK Bodø/Glimt". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. "JOEL MVUKA CHEZ LES MERLUS PUIS PRÊTÉ AU FK BODØ/GLIMT" (in French). FC Lorient. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. "YB HOLT DEN NORWEGISCHEN STÜRMER JOEL MVUKA" [YB BRINGS NORWEGIAN STRIKER JOEL MVUKA] (in German). Young Boys. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. 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.
  5. "Five young Rwandan players in Europe that can boost Amavubi squad". newtimes.co.rw. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. "Stortalentets fotballkarriere reddet av hjertespesialist fra Tanzania". www.vg.no. 12 August 2021.
  7. "Mens lillebror herjer i Europa, har «Belly» Mvuka endelig kommet seg etter nedturen" [While little brother is wreaking havoc in Europe, "Belly" Mvuka has finally recovered from the slump] (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  8. "Joel Mvuka". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. Lacaille, Tom (10 May 2025). "Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  10. "Disse var best i mai" (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.