Mustapha Bundu

Mustapha Bundu
Personal information
Full name Mustapha Bundu
Date of birth (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 AGF
Number 19
Youth career
Craig Bellamy Academy
Hartpury College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Newquay
2015–2016 Hereford 29 (25)
2016– AGF 55 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2018

Mustapha Bundu is a Sierra Leonean footballer playing for Aarhus GF in the Danish Superliga.[1]

Youth

The native of Freetown, Sierra Leone, spent his youth football playing in the Craig Bellamy Foundation before obtaining a student visa to study at Hartpury College to further pursue his football career.[2]

Graduated from Hartpury College in 2016,[3] scoring 18 goals in six outings in the English Schools' FA Cup.[4]

Club career

Hereford FC

Bundu spent a season at Hereford, winning three trophies and reaching the FA Vase Final in 2016. Work authorization restrictions only allowed him to ply his trade in a club no higher than the 5th tier in the English football league system which forced him to leave Hereford.The goalscorer returned briefly to spectate one of their games, a 6-0 thrashing of Bridgwater Town F.C. in the Southern Football League.[5]

When visiting a friend, he featured for Newquay A.F.C. once, netting two goals in less than thirty minutes as a substitute. Then coach Sash Wheatman acclaimed him as 'the best player he's had the privilege of watching at this level of football', adding 'it was like bringing on Ronaldo on or Gareth Bale- he was streets ahead.'[4]

AGF

Bundu went on a trial with AGF in the start of August 2016.[6] After a successful trial, he signed a contract with the club on 31 August 2016.[7]

In an away defeat to Brondby IF, he made his Danish Superliga debut as a substitute on 23 October 2016. He came on the pitch in the 78th minute, replacing Martin Spelmann.[8] In December 2016, Bundu extended his contract until 2021.[9]

International career

He received his first international call-up in August 2018, being a member of a preliminary squad.[10] However, he did not make the final 23-man squad.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sierra Leone - M. Bundu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Mustapha Bundu's journey from war-torn Sierra Leone to Wembley - The Set Pieces". thesetpieces.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Mustapha Bundu - Hudl". hudl.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. 1 2 http://www.xtratimewest.co.uk/football/hartpury-college-striking-sensation-mustapha-bundu-shoots-premier-league
  5. ↑ "VIDEO: Bundu on what playing for Hereford FC meant for him". Hereford Times. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  6. ↑ AGF tester angriber‚ bold.dk, 2 August 2016
  7. ↑ AGF skriver med Bundu‚ bold.dk, 31 August 2016
  8. ↑ "Football Sierra Leone | Mustapha Bundu makes first AGF Aarhus appearance in away defeat". footballsierraleone.net. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  9. ↑ AGF forlænger med fire mand‚ bold.dk, 5 December 2016
  10. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45296689
  11. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45332680


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