Junior Mapuku
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior M'Pia Mapuku | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Troyes B | 14 | (4) |
| 2011 | Sainte-Geneviève | 5 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Panachaiki | 31 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Compiègne | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 43 | (16) |
| 2015–2016 | Wadi Degla | 22 | (3) |
| 2016 | Bandırmaspor | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 25 | (12) |
| 2017–2018 | Levski Sofia | 19 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Dunărea Călărași | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Shorta | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2019 | |||
Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese footballer who last played as a forward for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League.[1][2]
Career
On 1 September 2016, Mapuku signed a contract with Turkish club Bandırmaspor, but ended up playing only two league games.[3]
On 11 October 2016, Mapuku returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.[4]
Levski Sofia
On 22 May 2017 he signed a 2-year contract with Levski Sofia, joining the team from the 2017–18 season.[5] He soon claimed himself "The Black Power".[6] On his debut for the club, Mapuku scored 2 goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round.[7] In same match scored the quickest goal ever for Levski in European tournaments, finding the net after just 13 seconds. On 18 August 2017, Mapuku scored his debut goals in the league against Pirin Blagoevgrad, scoring a hattrick for the 3:0 win.[8] It was the quickest hattrick scored by a foreigner in the club history after just 18 minutes (between the 74th and 92nd minute).[9]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
After being deemed surplus to the requirements by Levski Sofia manager Delio Rossi, Mapuku signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Chinese club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on 30 January 2018.[10]
Club statistics
Club
- As of 3 November 2018
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Troyes B | 2010–11 | National 3 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| Sainte-Geneviève | 2011–12 | National 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | ||
| Panachaiki | 2011–12 | Beta Ethniki | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 5 | |
| 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||
| Compiègne | 2013–14 | National 3 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2013–14 | A Group | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 2014–15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 28 | 8 | |||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Wadi Degla | 2015–16 | Premier League | 22 | 3 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||
| Bandırmaspor | 2016–17 | 1. Lig | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2016–17 | First League | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 12 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | First League | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| Shijiazhuang | 2018 | China League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgaria Total | 87 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 100 | 38 | ||
| Career Total | 169 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 183 | 52 | ||
Honours
Club
References
- ^ "Junior Mapuku Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ O să fie cel mai tatuat jucător din Liga 1 » Vine "The Black Power", atacantul care vrea să facă spectacol în România!. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Bandırmaspor'da Mapuku'yla yollar ayrıldı" (in Turkish). haberturk.com. 1 September 2016.
- ^ ""Берое" привлече Мапуку" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Жуниор Мапуку подписа за две години с Левски" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 May 2017.
- ^ Новият нападател на Левски - Черна сила или стойкаджия от Инстаграм
- ^ "Levski 3-1 Sutjeska". uefa.com. 29 June 2017.
- ^ Черната сила изригна и счупи нулите на Левски
- ^ Мапуку с най-бързия чуждестранен хеттрик в историята на Левски
- ^ Tobo, Michel (30 January 2018). "Transfert: Junior Mapuku au Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Fc" (in French). foot.cd. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ 2019 Iraqi Super Cup, AZL Sport
External links
- Junior Mapuku at Soccerway
- Profile at Levskisofia.info
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Association football forwards
- Troyes AC players
- Sainte-Geneviève Sports players
- Panachaiki F.C. players
- AFC Compiègne players
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. players
- FC Dunărea Călărași players
- Al-Shorta SC players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- China League One players
- Liga I players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in China
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania