Enock Mwepu

Enock Mwepu
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number 45
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 NAPSA Stars
2017 Kafue Celtic FC
2017– FC Liefering 23 (6)
2017 FC Red Bull Salzburg
National team‡
2017– Zambia U20 10 (3)
– Zambia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 9, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2017

Enock Mwepu (born 1 January 1998) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays for Red Bull Salzburg, as a midfielder.[1]

At the end of the 2016 season Enoch joined NAPSA Stars having moved from Power Dynamos football club of Copperbelt. During the 2015/2016 season he had little game time, this precipitated into the move to NAPSA Stars. Mwepu is known for his versatility in the field of play as demonstrated at the Africa Cup of Nations Under-20 Zambia 2017[2] where he scored a goal and was among the best substitutes of the tournament.[3]

Mwepu career begun with Kafue Celtic in Lusaka before been identified with the 2013 Airtel Rising Stars. In 2014 Enoch participated in the Zambia national football team Under-17 at the tournament held in Niger from February 15 to March 1, 2015, where Zambia played Niger, Nigeria and Guinea from group A.[4]

In June 2017, Mwepu joined Red Bull Salzburg.[1]

International career

He scored his first International goal for Zambia in an AFCON Qualifier against Algeria on September 2, 2017 at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka a match which Zambia won 3-1.

International goals

Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.September 2, 2017National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Algeria3–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 "Zambia U20 star Mwepu joins Austria's Salzburg". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Player Enock Mwepu". Zedsoccer. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Zambia dominates CAF Best XI". Fazfootball. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Under-17 coach unveils provisional squad". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "E. Mwepu". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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