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Junior Mapuku
Congolese footballer (born 1990)
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.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior M'Pia Mapuku | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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) |
| 2020 | Al-Shoulla | 9 | (1) |
| 2021 | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sheikh Russel KC | 10 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2023 | |||
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, he returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.[4]
Levski Sofia
On 22 May 2017, Mapuku signed a two-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 two goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round.[7] 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.[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]
Al Shorta
Slavia Sofia
In October 2021, Mapuku returned to Bulgaria, agreeing terms with Slavia Sofia for two seasons.[12] 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.[13]
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 | ||
| Total | 43 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 17 | ||
| Wadi Degla | 2015–16 | Egyptian Premier League | 22 | 3 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||
| Bandırmaspor | 2016–17 | 1. Lig | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 12 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | Bulgarian First League | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| Shijiazhuang | 2018 | China League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 169 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 183 | 52 | ||
Al-Shorta
- "Junior Mapuku Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
- "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. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- "Levski 3-1 Sutjeska". uefa.com. 29 June 2017.
- Tobo, Michel (30 January 2018). "Transfert: Junior Mapuku au Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Fc" (in French). foot.cd. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- Ngandu, Josue (11 April 2020). "Foot-RDC: Junior M'pia Mapuku, le seul footballeur congolais evoluant en irak" (in French). voila.cd. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- "Oфициално: Жуниор Мапуку подписа договор със Славия" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- "Славия освободи Жуниор Мапуко и взе нов нападател" (in Bulgarian). bnr.bg. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- 2019 Iraqi Super Cup, AZL Sport
- Junior Mapuku at Soccerway
- Profile at Levskisofia.info