Junior Mapuku
{{Short description|Congolese footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Junior Mapuku
| image =
| upright =
| caption =
| full_name = Junior M'Pia Mapuku
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|7}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = Troyes B
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2011
| clubs2 = Sainte-Geneviève
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2012–2013
| clubs3 = Panachaiki
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2013–2014
| clubs4 = Compiègne
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2014–2015
| clubs5 = Beroe Stara Zagora
| caps5 = 43
| goals5 = 16
| years6 = 2015–2016
| clubs6 = Wadi Degla
| caps6 = 22
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2016
| clubs7 = Bandırmaspor
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2016–2017
| clubs8 = Beroe Stara Zagora
| caps8 = 25
| goals8 = 12
| years9 = 2017–2018
| clubs9 = Levski Sofia
| caps9 = 19
| goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2018–2019
| clubs10 = Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2019
| clubs11 = Dunărea Călărași
| caps11 = 4
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2019–2020
| clubs12 = Al-Shorta
| caps12 = 4
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2020
| clubs13 = Al-Shoulla
| caps13 = 9
| goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2021
| clubs14 = Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
| caps14 = 0
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2021–2022
| clubs15 = Slavia Sofia
| caps15 = 5
| goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2022–2023
| clubs16 = Sheikh Russel KC
| caps16 = 10
| goals16 = 2
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 11 February 2023
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Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Bangladesh Premier League club Sheikh Russel KC.[https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/exclusiv-o-sa-fie-cel-mai-tatuat-jucator-din-liga-1-vine-the-black-power-atacantul-care-vrea-sa-faca-spectacol-in-romania-557347.html 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 lang|ro}}
Career
On 1 September 2016, Mapuku signed a contract with Turkish club Bandırmaspor, but ended up playing only two league games.{{Cite web|title=Bandırmaspor'da Mapuku'yla yollar ayrıldı|url=http://www.haberturk.com/spor/futbol/haber/1290994-bandirmasporda-mapukuyla-yollar-ayrildi|publisher=haberturk.com|date=1 September 2016|language=Turkish}}
On 11 October 2016, he returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.{{Cite web|title="Берое" привлече Мапуку|url=http://www.beroe.bg/2016/10/11/mapuku-contract-beroe/|publisher=beroe.bg|date=11 October 2016|language=Bulgarian}}
=Levski Sofia=
On 22 May 2017, Mapuku signed a two-year contract with Levski Sofia, joining the team from the 2017–18 season.{{cite web | title = Жуниор Мапуку подписа за две години с Левски | url = https://levski.bg/news/details/176128 | publisher = levski.bg | date = 22 May 2017 | language = Bulgarian | access-date = 22 May 2017 | archive-date = 19 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170819102425/https://levski.bg/news/details/176128 | url-status = dead }} He soon claimed himself "The Black Power".[https://offnews.bg/futbol/noviat-napadatel-na-levski-cherna-sila-ili-stojkadzhia-ot-instagram-660801.html Новият нападател на Левски - Черна сила или стойкаджия от Инстаграм] On his debut for the club, Mapuku scored two goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round.{{cite web|title=Levski 3-1 Sutjeska |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2021720--levski-vs-sutjeska/|publisher=UEFA|date=29 June 2017}} In the same match he 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.[https://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=679824 Черната сила изригна и счупи нулите на Левски] It was the quickest hattrick scored by a foreigner in the club history after just 18 minutes (between the 74th and 92nd minute).[https://www.sportal.bg/news.php?news=680006 Мапуку с най-бързия чуждестранен хеттрик в историята на Левски]
=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.{{cite web | title = Transfert: Junior Mapuku au Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Fc| url = https://foot.cd/transfert-junior-mapuku-shijiazhuang-ever-bright-fc/ | publisher = foot.cd | date = 30 January 2018 | accessdate= 14 February 2020|author=Tobo, Michel|language = French}}
=Al Shorta=
In 2019 Mapuku joined Iraqi club Al-Shorta.{{cite web|author=Ngandu, Josue|publisher=voila.cd|title=Foot-RDC: Junior M’pia Mapuku, le seul footballeur congolais evoluant en irak|url=https://voila.cd/foot-rdc-junior-mpia-mapuku-le-seul-footballeur-congolais-evoluant-en-irak/|language=fr|date=11 April 2020| access-date=29 January 2021}}
=Slavia Sofia=
In October 2021, Mapuku returned to Bulgaria, agreeing terms with Slavia Sofia for two seasons.{{cite web |title=Oфициално: Жуниор Мапуку подписа договор със Славия |url=https://sportal.bg/news-2021101112071652524 |author=| publisher=sportal.bg |language=Bulgarian |date=11 October 2021| access-date=21 March 2022}} However, he made only a few appearances for the team without managing to score and was released in February 2022 after falling out of favor with the manager Zlatomir Zagorčić.{{cite web |title=Славия освободи Жуниор Мапуко и взе нов нападател|url=https://bnr.bg/post/101608297/slavia-osvobodi-junior-mapuko-i-vze-nov-napadatel |author=| publisher=bnr.bg |language=Bulgarian |date=28 February 2022| access-date=21 March 2022}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|3 November 2018}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| Troyes B
|2010–11 |14 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 4 | ||
| Sainte-Geneviève
|2011–12 |National 3 |5 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Panachaiki
|rowspan="2"|Beta Ethniki |20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 5 | |
| 2012–13
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| Compiègne
|2013–14 |National 3 |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Beroe Stara Zagora
|rowspan="3"|A Group |12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 2014–15
|26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 8 | |
| 2015–16
|5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 17 |
| Wadi Degla
|22 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 3 | ||
| Bandırmaspor
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora
|25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 12 | |
| Levski Sofia
| Bulgarian First League |19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| Shijiazhuang
|2018 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!169 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 183 | 52 |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|junior-mpia-mapuku/167407}}
- [https://en.levskisofia.info/player/junior-mapuku/ Profile at Levskisofia.info]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mapuku, Junior}}
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Sainte-Geneviève Sports players
Category:Panachaiki F.C. players
Category:AFC Compiègne players
Category:PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
Category:PFC Levski Sofia players
Category:Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players
Category:FC Dunărea Călărași players
Category:Al-Shoulla FC players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:China League One players
Category:Saudi First Division League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in China
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen