Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noah Mbamba-Muanda | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Ixelles, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019–2020 | Genk | ||
2020–2021 | Club Brugge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Club NXT | 20 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Club Brugge | 16 | (0) |
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (0) |
2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:11, 25 May 2024 (UTC) |
Noah Mbamba-Muanda (born 5 January 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
On 22 January 2021, Mbamba made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against Lierse. [1]
He made his league debut for the senior squad of Brugge in the Belgian First Division A on 23 May 2021, when he started in the game against Genk, at the age of 16. [2] He made his Champions league debut on 3 November 2021 against Manchester City at the age of 16.
On 14 January 2023, Mbamba joined German club Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until June 2028. [3] [4]
Born in Belgium, Mbamba is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium. [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Club NXT | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Belgian First Division B | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | ||||
Total | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||||
Club Brugge | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
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