Orel Mangala
Mangala playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2017
Personal information
Full name Orel Johnson Mangala[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998[2]
Place of birth Brussels,[3] Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[4]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2017 Anderlecht
2016–2017 → Borussia Dortmund (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 VfB Stuttgart 101 (3)
2018 VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Hamburger SV (loan) 29 (0)
2022– Nottingham Forest 45 (2)
International career‡
2013 Belgium U15 2 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U16 13 (1)
2014–2015 Belgium U17 19 (2)
2016 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U19 12 (1)
2017–2020 Belgium U21 14 (0)
2022– Belgium 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:02, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Orel Johnson Mangala (born 18 March 1998) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Belgium national team.[3]

Club career

On 9 June 2017, Mangala signed a four-year contract with VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 8 August 2018, Mangala was loaned out to Hamburger SV without a purchase option until the end of the season.[6]

On 9 April 2021, Mangala extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2024.[7]

On 31 July 2022, it was announced that Mangala had joined Premier League side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.[8] Mangala made his debut for Forest as a substitute in the team's opening game of the 2022–23 Premier League season, a 2–0 loss at Newcastle United on 6 August.[9] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Leeds United on 4 April 2023.[10] He scored his second goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on 5 November 2023.

International career

Mangala was called up to the senior Belgium squad in March 2021.[11] He made his international debut in a 2–2 friendly draw with the Republic of Ireland on 26 March 2022.[12]

Personal life

Mangala is of Congolese descent.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 December 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 10———10
VfB Stuttgart 2017–18 Bundesliga 20010——210
2018–19 Bundesliga 0000——00
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 29130——321
2020–21 Bundesliga 24130——271
2021–22 Bundesliga 28110——291
Total 101380——1093
Hamburger SV (loan) 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 29051——341
Nottingham Forest 2022–23 Premier League 2710040—311
2023–24 Premier League 1810000—181
Total 4520040—492
Career total 176513140001936

    International

    As of match played 19 November 2023
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Belgium 202220
    2023100
    Total120

    Honours

    Belgium U17

    References

    1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015: List of Players: Belgium" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019.
    2. ↑ "Orel Mangala: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
    3. 1 2 "Orel Mangala". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
    4. ↑ "Orel Mangala". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
    5. ↑ "VfB sign Orel Mangala". VfB Stuttgart. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
    6. ↑ "Orel Mangala signs for Hamburger SV". VfB Stuttgart. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
    7. ↑ "VfB extend Orel Mangala's contract until 2024". VfB Stuttgart. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
    8. ↑ Club, Nottingham Forest Football. "Forest confirm Orel Mangala signing". Nottingham Forest Football Club.
    9. ↑ "Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
    10. ↑ "Steve Cooper not thinking about his future as Nottingham Forest lose to Leeds". Yahoo!. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
    11. ↑ "Lukaku in Belgium squad despite Inter Covid-19 issues". egypttoday.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
    12. ↑ "Republic of Ireland 2-2 Belgium: Late Alan Browne goal earns Republic draw in friendly". BBC Sport. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
    13. ↑ "Le footballeur international Orel Mangala veut assister des jeunes prisonniers au Congo-Kinshasa". 11 December 2017.
    14. ↑ Orel Mangala at Soccerway
    15. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fifadata.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    16. ↑ FIFA.com
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