Gabriel N'Galula
{{Short description|Belgian footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Junior
| image =
| full_name = Gabriel N'Galula Mbuyi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|1}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2000–2001| youthclubs1 = Anderlecht
| years1 = 2001–2006 | clubs1 = Anderlecht | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = → Mons (loan) | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = → Stoke City (loan)| caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = Standard Liège | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = Roeselare | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 67
| totalgoals = 1
}}
Gabriel N'Galula Mbuyi (born 1 June 1982), sometimes referred to as Junior, is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Junior began his career at Anderlecht where he showed promise in his 28 games, but a long injury saw him lose his place to Yves Vanderhaeghe and Besnik Hasi. In the 2004–05 season, he was loaned to Mons, where he played 15 times as Mons suffered relegation to the Second Division at the end of the season. He was loaned again to Stoke City in England for the 2005–06 season, where former Anderlect manager Johan Boskamp had been appointed manager.{{cite web|title=Boskamp eyeing pair|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11701_2342908,00.html|work=Sky Sports|access-date=11 September 2012}} He played 24 matches for Stoke and left at the end of the season along with Boskamp.
Boskamp was made Standard Liège manager and he signed Junior on a permanent deal, as part of the Mohammed Tchité transfer to Anderlecht in the 2006–07 season. He played one match for Standard, in a UEFA Cup qualification match. He spent the 2007–08 season with Roeselare, before deciding to retire from professional football and pursue a different career.
In 2013, he began working at BX Brussels as a sporting director.{{cite web|title=BX Brussels: "We are not the Real Madrid of promotion '|url=http://www.bruzz.be/nl/nieuws/bx-brussels-we-worden-niet-het-real-madrid-van-bevordering|website=Bruzze|access-date=2 July 2016}}
Personal life
His brother Floribert N'Galula was also a professional footballer.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=5|Anderlecht
|2001–02{{cite web |title=Gabriel N'Galula » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gabriel-ngalula/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=1 May 2025}} |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2002–03
|Belgian First Division |4 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2003–04
|Belgian First Division |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2004–05
|Belgian First Division |6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||||
| Mons (loan)
|Belgian First Division |15 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Stoke City (loan)
|2005–06{{Soccerbase season|41559|2005|name=Junior|access-date=28 June 2014}} |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 24 | 0 | ||
| Standard Liège
|Belgian First Division |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Roeselare
|Belgian First Division |5 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1 |
References
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Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Kinshasa
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:K.S.V. Roeselare players
Category:Standard Liège players
Category:R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players
Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers