Joel Mvuka

Joel Mvuka
Personal information
Full name Joel Mugisha Mvuka
Date of birth (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lorient
Number 93
Youth career
2016–2019 Åsane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Åsane 20 (0)
2021–2023 Bodø/Glimt 34 (2)
2023– Lorient 9 (0)
2023Bodø/Glimt (loan) 12 (3)
2024Young Boys (loan) 16 (2)
International career
2021 Norway U19 2 (0)
2021– Norway U20 5 (0)
2022– Norway U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Joel Mugisha Mvuka (born 12 November 2002) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Lorient.[1]

Club career

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He spent his youth and senior career in Åsane. In the summer of 2021 Mvuka signed for FK Bodø/Glimt.

On 31 January 2023, Mvuka signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the French club Lorient and was loaned back to FK Bodø/Glimt until the end of the 2022–23 season.[2]

On 20 January 2024, Mvuka was loaned to Young Boys in Switzerland, with an option to buy.[3]

Personal life

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Born in Norway to Burundian parents.[4] He is also of Rwandan descent.[5] Mvuka had to stop football for 8 months as a teenager due to heart irregularities, but returned after he was properly diagnosed.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 24 August 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Åsane 2019 2. divisjon 2 0 2 0 4 0
2020 1. divisjon 6 0 6 0
2021 12 0 2 0 14 0
Total 20 0 4 0 0 0 24 0
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 8 0 1 0 7 0 16 0
2022 26 2 3 1 18 1 47 4
2023 12 3 6 1 2 0 20 4
Total 46 5 10 2 27 1 83 8
Lorient 2023–24 Ligue 1 7 0 0 0 7 0
2024–25 Ligue 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Young Boys (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Super League 16 2 1 0 2 0 19 2
Total 16 2 1 0 2 0 19 2
Career total 91 7 15 2 29 1 135 10

Honours

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Bodø/Glimt

References

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  1. ^ "Joel Mvuka chez les Merlus puis prêté au FK Bodø/Glimt". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "JOEL MVUKA CHEZ LES MERLUS PUIS PRÊTÉ AU FK BODØ/GLIMT" (in French). FC Lorient. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "YB HOLT DEN NORWEGISCHEN STÜRMER JOEL MVUKA" [YB BRINGS NORWEGIAN STRIKER JOEL MVUKA] (in German). Young Boys. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ Johnsen, Jonas (2 March 2020). "(+) Storebroren til Joel (17) ble en internettsensasjon. Det banet vei for Åsanes nye juvel". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Five young Rwandan players in Europe that can boost Amavubi squad". newtimes.co.rw. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Stortalentets fotballkarriere reddet av hjertespesialist fra Tanzania". www.vg.no. 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Joel Mvuka". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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