Mwanga with Strasbourg in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Strasbourg | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Lyon | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Bordeaux B | 23 | (5) |
2022–2023 | Bordeaux | 34 | (0) |
2023– | Strasbourg B | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Strasbourg | 30 | (1) |
International career | |||
2022–2023 | France U20 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 |
Junior Mwanga (born 11 May 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.
Career
Mwanga is a youth product of FC Lyon, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux on 6 July 2020. He made his professional debut with Bordeaux in a 4–2 Ligue 1 win to Brest on 21 May 2022, the last matchday of the 2021–22 season. On 3 August 2022, Mwanga signed his first professional contract with the club tying him until 2025, He also signed for Strasbourg.
Personal life
Born in France, Mwanga is of DR Congolese descent. Mwanga's half-brother, Thomas Oualenbo, is a semi-pro footballer in France.
Career statistics
- As of match played 21 December 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||||
Total | 23 | 5 | — | — | — | 23 | 5 | |||||
Bordeaux | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
Total | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
Strasbourg B | 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Total | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 88 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6 |
References
- "Junior Mwanga". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- "Junior Mwanga rejoint le centre de formation des Girondins". OneFootball.
- "Bordeaux are counting on the young Junior Mwanga". 9 June 2022.
- TOMEGAH, Rodolph (3 August 2022). "Bordeaux : Junior Mwanga signe son premier contrat pro et s'engage jusqu'en 2025".
- "Mercato : Récompense méritée pour Junior Mwanga, 5 saisons à Bordeaux". 4 August 2022.
- "Girondins4Ever - L'une des raisons qui fit que Junior Mwanga choisit d'aller aux Girondins de Bordeaux plutôt qu'à l'Olympique Lyonnais".
External links
- Junior Mwanga at Soccerway
- Junior Mwanga at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Junior Mwanga at BDFutbol
RC Strasbourg Alsace – current squad | |
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- French men's footballers
- Footballers from Lyon
- Men's association football central defenders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen