External links
- Profile at the Juventus FC website
- Samuel Mbangula – UEFA competition record ( archive )
- Samuel Mbangula at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel-Germain Kinduelu Mbangula Tshifunda [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 2004 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Club Brugge | ||
| 2019–2020 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2020–2023 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Juventus Next Gen | 17 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Juventus | 23 | (3) |
| 2025– | Werder Bremen | 8 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Belgium U18 | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Belgium U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Belgium U21 | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 1 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Samuel-Germain Kinduelu Mbangula Tshifunda (born 16 January 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. [2]
Born in Brussels, Belgium, [3] Mbangula is of DR Congolese descent. [4]
Having begun his youth career at Club Brugge, with whom he spent five years, Mbangula moved to Anderlecht in summer 2019. [5]
On 10 August 2020, Mbangula joined the under-17 team of Italian side Juventus. [5] In 2022, Mbangula signed a four-year contract with Juventus. [6] After having played for the under-19s, [7] he was made part of Juventus' reserve team in Serie C, Juventus Next Gen, during the 2023–24 season. [6]
On 19 August 2024, Mbangula made his debut for Juventus in the first matchday of the 2024–25 Serie A season, scoring in a 3–0 win against Como; he was nominated man of the match. [7] Not long after, he scored his first Champions League goal on the 11th of February against PSV Eindhoven the next year. [8] [9]
On 23 July 2025, Mbangula moved to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. [10] The transfer fee paid to Juventus was reported as €10 million plus bonuses, the second-highest fee Werder Bremen has paid in its history. [11]
In November 2024, Mbangula was called up to the senior Belgium squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and Israel on 14 and 17 November 2024, respectively. [12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen | 2023–24 | Serie C | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 [b] | 1 | 25 | 2 | |
| Juventus | 2024–25 | Serie A | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 [c] | 1 | 1 [d] | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Werder Bremen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 8 | ||
