Mushaga Bakenga

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Mushaga Bakenga
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Bakenga in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mushagalusa Bakenga Joar Bahati Namugunga [1]
Date of birth (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2004 Nationalkameratene
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Nationalkameratene 34 (26)
2007–2008 Rosenborg II 14 (6)
2009–2012 Rosenborg 34 (12)
2012–2016 Club Brugge 8 (1)
2012–2013 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 27 (7)
2013–2014 → Esbjerg (loan) 24 (6)
2014–2015 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 17 (2)
2015–2016 → Molde (loan) 8 (2)
2016–2017 Rosenborg 19 (8)
2017–2019 Tromsø 41 (5)
2019 → Ranheim (loan) 12 (2)
2020–2021 Odd 37 (26)
2021–2022 Tokushima Vortis 31 (5)
2023 Stabæk 29 (8)
2023–2024 Apollon Limassol 19 (8)
2024 Punjab 10 (1)
International career
2007 Norway U15 4 (4)
2008 Norway U16 12 (8)
2009 Norway U17 10 (1)
2010 Norway U18 7 (6)
2009–2011 Norway U19 12 (4)
2011–2013 Norway U21 16 (11)
2014 Norway U-23 1 (0)
2014 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:15, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Mushagalusa Bakenga Joar Bahati Namugunga (born 8 August 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Indian Super League club Punjab.

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Club career

At a very young age Bakenga was spotted, his rise to the first team is testament to his undoubted ability to score goals. From the age of 13 he had averaged over 50 goals a season, with these performances linking him to Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Bakenga began his career with SK Nationalkameratene [2] and joined Rosenborg BK in February 2007. He was on trial with Chelsea's academy in the spring. [3] [4] From 2009 he trained with Rosenborg's senior team twice a week. [5] He also played on the Norwegian u-19 national team, despite not being 17 years old yet. [6] His first selection in the senior squad came in August 2009 against Bodø/Glimt, but he did not play. [7] His actual début in the Tippeligaen came on 23 September 2009 against Tromsø. He nearly scored in the goalless draw—a goal from Bakenga would have secured the league title for Rosenborg. [8]

In 2010, Bakenga was plagued by injuries and played only a few matches for Rosenborg. But, after scoring six times in pre-season, Bakenga secured a position in the starting line-up at the start of 2011 Tippeligaen. He scored Rosenborg's only goal in the loss against Brann, before a wonderful strike against Stabæk. Mush scored 12 league goals in 2011. In January 2012, Hannover 96 offered 10 million NOK (± €1.3m) for Bakenga, but Rosenborg rejected the offer. [9] Later in January, Rosenborg received another offer for Bakenga, this time for €2.6m from Club Brugge. Rosenborg accepted, and Bakenga signed a five-and-a-half-year contract on 28 January. [10] He scored in his debut for Club Brugge, in the 5–1 win against Beerschot on 5 February 2012. [11] It was not only the goal that he will remember from his debut: "I never ran so fast in my life. I did not even have time to explain to the coach what was wrong. Luckily I just made it in time," said Bakenga, having to run to the toilet during his debut match. [12]

Bakenga played in the 2013 Belgian Cup Final, which Cercle lost 2–0 against Genk. [13]

On 8 July 2014, he joined German club Eintracht Braunschweig on a one-year loan deal. [14]

On 18 March 2015, Bakenga cut short his Eintracht Braunschweig loan deal, signing a one-year loan deal with Norwegian champions Molde FK. [15] On 30 March, seven minutes into his first match for Molde FK, he was carried off the pitch with a torn achilles tendon, sidelining him for at least six months. [16]

In July 2016, Bakenga returned to Rosenborg. [17]

In August 2024, Bakenga signed with Indian Super League club Punjab. [18] On 19 December 2024, Punjab FC announced that them and Bakenga had mutually agreed to part ways. [19]

Charity and activism

Bakenga started an organisation called Jabez's World through which he runs a school named College Namugunga in Eastern Congo which has about 1300 students. [20] On 18 September 2024, he won the FIFPro Marcus Rashford Award for championing 'programs and actions that have a positive impact on their communities'. [21]

International career

Bakenga has represented Norway from under-15 level up to under-21 level. [22] He scored a hat-trick for the under-19 team in the match against Moldova U19 in April 2011. [23] Later the same year he made his debut for the under-21 team later the same year. He was not included in the Norwegian squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but scored four goals for the "new" under-21 team in the match against Poland U21 on 10 June 2013. [24]

Having never appeared in a competitive match for Norway, Bakenga remains potentially eligible for DR Congo.

Personal life

His parents hail from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [25] He's the nephew of doctor Denis Mukwege, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. [26]

Career statistics

As of 20 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosenborg 2009 Eliteserien 3000–30
2010 50101070
2011 261234603516
Total341244704516
Club Brugge 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 8100–81
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2012–13 Belgian Pro League27764–3311
Esbjerg (loan) 2013–14 Superliga 2461251309
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 17210–182
Molde (loan) 2015 Eliteserien61001071
2016 2113–34
Total821310105
Rosenborg 2016 Eliteserien973010137
2017 1013000131
Total1986010268
Tromsø 2017 Eliteserien83000083
2018 2522100273
2019 80100090
Total4153100446
Ranheim (loan) 2019 Eliteserien1221000132
Odd 2020 Eliteserien2515–002515
2021 111100001111
Total362600003626
Tokushima Vortis 2021 J1 League 91000091
2022 J2 League 2245200276
Total3155200367
Stabæk 2023 Eliteserien29843003311
Apollon Limassol 2023–24 Cypriot First Division 1983000228
Punjab 2024–25 Indian Super League 1010000101
Career total315933519141364113

Honours

Rosenborg

Cercle Brugge

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