Jordi Mboula
Personal information
Full name Jordi Mboula Queralt
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Granollers, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
Number 77
Youth career
2008–2009 Ametlla
2009–2010 Granollers
2010–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Barcelona B 3 (0)
2017–2019 Monaco B 16 (2)
2017–2020 Monaco 10 (1)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 7 (0)
2020 → Huesca (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2023 Mallorca 40 (1)
2022 → Estoril (loan) 13 (1)
2022–2023 → Racing Santander (loan) 35 (6)
2023– Hellas Verona 3 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Spain U16 5 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U17 16 (4)
2016–2018 Spain U19 14 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023

Jordi Mboula Queralt (born 16 March 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as right winger for Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona.

Club career

Early career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia to a Congolese father and a Spanish mother, Mboula's parents met in China, and he spent two years of his youth there. At the age of 9, Mboula begun playing football with his local club CF Ametlla for six months, before joining EC Granollers for a year, and finally moving to FC Barcelona.[1]

Monaco

A member of Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Mboula joined AS Monaco FC on 21 July 2017, keeping him at the club until 2022.[2] He made his professional debut for Monaco in a 0–0 Ligue 1 draw at home to Amiens SC on 28 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Rony Lopes for the final six minutes.[3] On 19 May, in the last game of the season, he replaced the same player in added time and scored his first goal in a 3–0 win at relegated Troyes AC.[4]

On 15 July 2019, Mboula was loaned to Belgian side Cercle Brugge K.S.V. for one year.[5] The following 29 January, he returned to Spain after agreeing to a six-month deal with SD Huesca in Segunda División.[6]

Mallorca

On 17 September 2020, Mboula signed a four-year contract with RCD Mallorca, recently relegated to the second division.[7] He featured regularly in his first season as the club returned to the top tier at first attempt, and made his debut in the category on 14 August 2021, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Betis.

On 31 January 2022, Mboula moved to Primeira Liga side Estoril on loan until June.[8] On 24 August, he moved to Racing de Santander in the second division, in a temporary one-year deal.[9]

Upon returning to Mallorca, Mboula rescinded his contract on 11 July 2023.[10]

Hellas Verona

On 11 July 2023, Serie A side Hellas Verona announced the signing of Mboula on a four-year contract.[11] On 12 August 2023, he made his debut for the club in a Coppa Italia match against Ascoli.

International career

Mboula was part of the Spain national under-17 football team that were runners-up at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan. He scored in their 2–0 opening win against the Netherlands.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 October 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División B 30———30
Monaco B 2017–18 Championnat National 2 91———91
2018–19 Championnat National 2 71———71
Total 162———162
Monaco 2017–18 Ligue 1 3100——31
2018–19 Ligue 1 70001[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]090
Total 101001010121
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 7010——80
Huesca (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 90———90
Mallorca 2020–21 Segunda División 29100——291
2021–22 La Liga 11031——142
Total 40131——432
Estoril (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 131———131
Racing Santander (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 35610——366
Hellas Verona 2023–24 Serie A 3021——51
Career total 1361172101014513
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Trophée des Champions

Honours

Monaco[13]

Spain U17

References

  1. ↑ UEFA.com (21 June 2017). "Youth League wonderkid Mboula signs for Monaco".
  2. ↑ "Monaco sign Jordi Mboula from Barcelona".
  3. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 35ème journée - AS Monaco / Amiens SC". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ↑ "Ligue 1: Depay fires Lyon into Champions League as Troyes go down". FourFourTwo. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jordi Mboula prêté au Cercle Bruges" [Jordi Mboula loaned to Cercle Brugge] (in French). AS Monaco. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jordi Mboula is loaned to Huesca". AS Monaco. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "RCD Mallorca complete the signing of Jordi Mboula". RCD Mallorca. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "El RCD Mallorca y el Estoril Praia acuerdan la cesión de Jordi Mboula" [RCD Mallorca and Estoril Praia agree the loan of Jordi Mboula] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jordi Mboula, duodécimo refuerzo del Racing 2022/23" [Jordi Mboula, twelfth addition of Racing 2022/23] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jordi Mboula se desvincula del RCD Mallorca" [Jordi Mboula leaves RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Welcome Jordi Mboula, new Hellas Verona forward". www.hellasverona.it. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Mboula, Ruiz fire Spain to victory over the Dutch". UEFA. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  13. 1 2 Jordi Mboula at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "España pierde la final ante Portugal en la tanda de penaltis (1–1 /5–4)" [Spain lose final against Portugal on penalty shootout (1–1 /5–4)] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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