Joel Mvuka
Personal information
Full name Joel Mugisha Mvuka
Date of birth (2002-11-12) 12 November 2002
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Lorient
Number 93
Youth career
2016–2019 Åsane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Åsane 20 (0)
2021–2023 Bodø/Glimt 34 (2)
2023– Lorient 6 (0)
2023Bodø/Glimt (loan) 12 (3)
International career
2021 Norway U19 2 (0)
2021– Norway U20 5 (0)
2022– Norway U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2024

Joel Mugisha Mvuka (born 12 November 2002) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lorient.[1]

Club career

He spent his youth and senior career in Åsane. In the summer of 2021 Mvuka signed for FK Bodø/Glimt.

On 31 January 2023, Mvuka signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the French club Lorient and was loaned back to FK Bodø/Glimt until the end of the 2022–23 season.[2]

Personal life

Born in Malawi to Burundian parents.[3] He is also of Rwandian descent.[4] Mvuka had to stop football for 8 months as a teenager due to heart irregularities, but returned after he was properly diagnosed.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Åsane 2019 2. divisjon 202040
2020 1. divisjon 6060
2021 12020140
Total 2004000240
Bodø/Glimt 2021 Eliteserien 801070160
2022 26231181474
2023 1236120204
Total 465102271838
Lorient 2023–24 Ligue 1 600060
Total 60000060
Career total 7251422711138

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. "Joel Mvuka chez les Merlus puis prêté au FK Bodø/Glimt". FC Lorient (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. "JOEL MVUKA CHEZ LES MERLUS PUIS PRÊTÉ AU FK BODØ/GLIMT" (in French). FC Lorient. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. Johnsen, Jonas (2 March 2020). "(+) Storebroren til Joel (17) ble en internettsensasjon. Det banet vei for Åsanes nye juvel". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. "Five young Rwandan players in Europe that can boost Amavubi squad". newtimes.co.rw. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. "Stortalentets fotballkarriere reddet av hjertespesialist fra Tanzania". www.vg.no.
  6. "Joel Mvuka". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 26 August 2021.


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