Junior Mapuku

Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese footballer who last played as a forward for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League.[1][2]

Junior Mapuku
Personal information
Full name Junior M'Pia Mapuku
Date of birth (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Central 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 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2019

Career

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, Mapuku returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.[4]

Levski Sofia

On 22 May 2017 he signed a 2-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 2 goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round.[7] In same match 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]

Club statistics

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 3 144––144
Sainte-Geneviève 2011–12 National 3 52––52
Panachaiki 2011–12 Beta Ethniki 20500–205
2012–13 11000–110
Total 3150000315
Compiègne 2013–14 National 3 80––80
Beroe Stara Zagora 2013–14 A Group 1280000128
2014–15 26721–288
2015–16 51004091
Wadi Degla 2015–16 Premier League 223––223
Bandırmaspor 2016–17 1. Lig 20––20
Beroe Stara Zagora 2016–17 First League 251200–2512
Levski Sofia 2017–18 First League 1963142269
Shijiazhuang 2018 China League One 0000–00
Bulgaria Total 8734528210038
Career Total 16948528218352

Honours

Club
Al-Shorta

References
  1. "Junior Mapuku Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  2. 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 Romanian)
  3. "Bandırmaspor'da Mapuku'yla yollar ayrıldı" (in Turkish). haberturk.com. 1 September 2016.
  4. ""Берое" привлече Мапуку" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 11 October 2016.
  5. "Жуниор Мапуку подписа за две години с Левски" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 22 May 2017.
  6. Новият нападател на Левски - Черна сила или стойкаджия от Инстаграм
  7. "Levski 3-1 Sutjeska". uefa.com. 29 June 2017.
  8. Черната сила изригна и счупи нулите на Левски
  9. Мапуку с най-бързия чуждестранен хеттрик в историята на Левски
  10. Tobo, Michel (30 January 2018). "Transfert: Junior Mapuku au Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Fc" (in French). foot.cd. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. 2019 Iraqi Super Cup, AZL Sport
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