| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Dender (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2025 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf II (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Dender (loan) | 13 | (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 as of 21 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 and centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Dender, on loan from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
On 22 January 2021, Mbamba made his debut for Club 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]
On 19 June 2024, Mbamba joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan for the 2024–25 season. [5] On 4 February 2025, he returned to Belgium on a new loan to Dender. [6] On 9 April 2025, the loan to Dender was extended for the 2025–26 season. [7]
Born in Belgium, Mbamba is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium. [8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [b] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [d] | 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 [e] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3 | ||
Club Brugge
Bayer Leverkusen