Leonel Wamba

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Leonel Wamba

| fullname = Leonel Wamba

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|9|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Foréké Dschang, Cameroon

| height = 1.85 m

| position = striker

| currentclub = Al Wahda

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2021 | clubs1 = Spartaks Jūrmala | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 14

| years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = CR Belouizdad | caps2 = 54 | goals2 = 17

| years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Al Wahda | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U17

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 22 September 2024

| nationalteam-update = 4 March 2022

}}

Leonel Wamba (born 1 September 2002) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Al Wahda.

Club career

On July 22, 2022, Lionel Wamba signed a three-year contract with the Algerian champions CR Belouizdad on the recommendation of Nabil Kouki.{{cite web |url=https://www.competition.dz/actualites/89-ligue-1/82853-crb-leonel-wamba-7e-recrue.html |title=CRB : Leonel Wamba, 7e recrue |website=Competition |date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dzfoot.com/football-en-algerie/mercato-un-buteur-camerounais-signe-au-cr-belouizdad-228708.html |title=Mercato : Un buteur camerounais signe au CR Belouizdad |website=DZfoot |date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2024}} Wamba said that he is happy to join CRB and that it is a great club. He said he received offers but preferred CR Belouizdad because they sold him an interesting project. He is here to bring something more to the team. He knows there is a lot of competition, but for him. He will fight as he should, whether in the Ligue 1 or Champions League because it will be the first time for him because Wamba has never played in an African tournament. On October 2, 2022, Lionel Wamba scored his first goal in the colors of CR Belouizdad against JS Saoura in a 1–0 win. On October 2, 2023, Wamba scored the first hat-trick in his football career in the second round of the Champions League against Bo Rangers to qualify his team to the group stage.{{cite web |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions-league/news/wamba-hat-trick-fires-belouizdad-into-totalenergies-caf-champions-league-group-stage/ |title=Wamba hat-trick fires Belouizdad into TotalEnergies CAF Champions League group stage |website=CAF |date=October 2, 2023 |access-date=January 28, 2024}}

Career statistics

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{{updated|22 September 2024}} {{Cite news|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/leonel-wamba-djouffo/606518/ | title =Leonel Wamba | publisher = Soccerway }}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartaks Jūrmala \|2021 \|Optibet Virslīga \|25	14	1	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	26	14
rowspan=2\|CR Belouizdad \|2022–23 \|rowspan=2\|Ligue 1 \|25	7	6	2	11All appearance(s) in Champions League	2	colspan=2\|—	42	11
2023–24 \|29	10	0	0	7	4	3All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup	0	39	14
colspan="3"\|Total !54	17	6	2	18	3	3	0	81	22
colspan="3"\|Career total !79	31	7	2	18	3	3	0	107	36

Honours

CR Belouizdad

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2022–23{{cite web |url=https://www.aps.dz/sport/157774-ligue-1-mobilis-le-cr-belouizdad-sacre-champion-pour-la-4e-fois-de-suite |title=Ligue 1 Mobilis: le CR Belouizdad sacré champion pour la 4e fois de suite |website=APS |date=July 4, 2023 |access-date=January 28, 2024}}

Cameroon U17

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations: 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.football365.fr/can-u17-9079288.html |title=CAN U17 : LE CAMEROUN BAT LA GUINÉE AUX TIRS AU BUT ET S'ADJUGE LE TROPHÉE |website=Football365 |date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=January 28, 2024}}