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 21)
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 9 (0)
2023 → Bodø/Glimt (loan) 12 (3)
2024 → Young Boys (loan) 16 (2)
International career
2021 Norway U19 2 (0)
2021– Norway U20 5 (0)
2022– Norway U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

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 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

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

Club

As of match played 24 August 2024 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Åsane 2019 2. divisjon 2020–40
2020 1. divisjon 60––60
2021 12020–140
Total2004000240
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 801070160
2022 26231181474
2023 1236120204
Total465102271838
Lorient 2023–24 Ligue 1 7000–70
2024–25 Ligue 2 2000–20
Total90000090
Young Boys (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Super League 1621020192
Total1621020192
Career total91715229113510

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

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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. ↑ "Joel Mvuka". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 26 August 2021.


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