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Isaac Mbenza
Personal information
Full name Isaac Mbenza[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
Number 18
Youth career
2005-2011 ROFC Stockel
2011-2012 FC Brussels
2012-2013 KV Mechelen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Valenciennes B 30 (3)
2015–2016 Valenciennes 48 (7)
2016–2017 Standard Liège 21 (1)
2017–2019 Montpellier 54 (11)
2018–2019 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 22 (1)
2019– Huddersfield Town 5 (0)
2020– → Amiens SC (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2013 Belgium U17 2 (0)
2015 Belgium U19 1 (0)
2017–2019 Belgium U21 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Isaac Mbenza (born 8 March 1996) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Amiens SC on loan from Huddersfield Town in the EFL Championship. He has also represented the Belgian national youth teams until the Belgium U21.

Club career

Born in France but living in Belgium since the age of 5,[2] Mbenza started playing at ROFC Stockel at the age of 9 before moving on at the age of 15 to FC Brussels for a season, followed by another season at KV Mechelen before his move to Valenciennes FC.[3]

Montpellier

On 31 January 2017, Mbenza signed for French club Montpellier.[4][5]

Huddersfield Town

On 9 August 2018, Mbenza moved to Premier League club Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan which had the option to become permanent in summer 2019.[6]

International career

Mbenza was born in France and is of Congolese descent, and emigrated to Belgium at a young age.[7][8]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 October 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valenciennes B 2013–14 CFA 2 10 1 — 10 1
2014–15 18 2 — 18 2
2015–16 2 0 — 2 0
Total 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3
Valenciennes 2014–15 Ligue 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
2015–16 35 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 38 6
Total 48 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 51 7
Standard Liège 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 21 1 0 0 — 6 0 27 1
Montpellier 2016–17 Ligue 1 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3
2017–18 38 8 3 1 2 1 0 0 43 10
Total 54 11 3 1 2 1 0 0 59 13
Huddersfield 2018–19 Premier League 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 0
2019–20 Championship 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Total 27 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 1
Career totals 170 23 6 1 5 1 6 0 187 25

References

  1. ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ISAAC MBENZA: MY LIFE IN WEST YORKSHIRE". Huddersfield Ton. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. ^ "ISAAC MBENZA: MY LIFE IN WEST YORKSHIRE". Huddersfield Ton. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Isaac Mbenza to Montpellier". Standard Liège. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Isaac Mbenza nouveou Pailladin" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Loan: winger Isaac Mbenza signs!". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 9 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Découverte: Isaac Mbenza belgo-congolais de Standard de Liège !". 14 December 2016.
  8. ^ "België of Congo: Nationale belofte heeft zijn beslissing gemaakt". 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ Isaac Mbenza at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.


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