Bali Mumba
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File:Mumba, Bali (cropped).jpg Mumba in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bali Mumba[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | South Shields, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Sunderland | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | → South Shields (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2020–2023 | Norwich City | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 41 | (6) |
| 2023– | Plymouth Argyle | 106 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | England U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | England U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:43, 26 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
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Bali Mumba (born 8 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back or winger for EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Sunderland
[edit | edit source]Mumba made his senior debut for Sunderland against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the last day of the 2017–18 EFL Championship season, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for captain John O'Shea, who handed him the captain's armband as he entered the field of play, making him the club's youngest ever captain for the few minutes of play remaining.[2][3] On 2 November 2018, Mumba signed his first professional contract with the club until 2021.[4] He joined South Shields on loan in March 2020, scoring in his second game, at home to FC United of Manchester.[5][6]
Norwich City
[edit | edit source]In July 2020, Mumba joined Norwich City on a four-year deal.[7] On 21 August 2021, he made his Premier League debut in a 5–0 defeat against Manchester City.[8]
Loan to Peterborough
[edit | edit source]On 6 January 2022, Mumba joined EFL Championship side Peterborough United on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[9] He scored the winner on his debut in a 2–1 win against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup third round.[10]
Loan to Plymouth
[edit | edit source]On 14 July 2022, Mumba joined EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle on loan for the 2022–23 season.[11] An impressive start to life at Home Park saw Plymouth sitting top of the league with Mumba winning the EFL Young Player of the Month award for September 2022.[12]
Mumba would play 47 games and score eight times for Argyle as they went on to win the League One title, and finished as runners-up in the EFL Trophy, with Mumba starting in the Wembley final. The majority of Mumba's appearances came at wing-back in a 3–5–2 formation, often rotating flanks with captain Joe Edwards.[13]
At the end of season, Mumba was named the Argyle fans' Young Player of the Season, his teammates' Player of the Season, and was honoured at the EFL Awards as the division's Young Player of the Season.[14][15]
Plymouth Argyle
[edit | edit source]On 21 July 2023, Mumba signed for Plymouth Argyle on a permanent basis, signing a four-year contract with the club, for a reported £1 million transfer fee. This would equal Plymouth's all-time record fee that was paid to sign Morgan Whittaker earlier that same week.[16]
On 5 August 2023, Mumba scored in his second-debut for the club, in a 3–1 EFL Championship win over Huddersfield Town, while playing on the left-wing in a 4–3–3.[17]
International career
[edit | edit source]Mumba has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level.[18] His parents are Congolese.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of matches played 13 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 2017–18[19] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19[20] | League One | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[21] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Norwich City | 2020–21[22] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[23] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[24] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Norwich City U23 | 2020–21[22] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Peterborough United (loan) | 2021–22[23] | Championship | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2022–23[24] | League One | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 46 | 6 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2023–24[25] | Championship | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 47 | 3 | |
| 2024–25[26] | Championship | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26[27] | League One | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 106 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 167 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 10 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit | edit source]Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle
- EFL League One: 2022–23[28]
- EFL Trophy runner-up: 2022–23[29]
Individual
- EFL League One Young Player of the Season: 2022–23[30]
- EFL League One Team of the Season: 2022–23[31]
- EFL Young Player of the Month: September 2022[12]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Bali Mumba at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from South Shields
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century Black British people
- English men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- English people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hebburn Town F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- South Shields F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Northern Premier League players
- Premier League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen