Samuel Mbangula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel-Germain Kinduelu Mbangula Tshifunda[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Club Brugge | ||
| 2019–2020 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2020–2023 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Juventus Next Gen | 17 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Juventus | 23 | (3) |
| 2025– | Werder Bremen | 13 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Belgium U18 | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Belgium U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Belgium U21 | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:23, 14 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Samuel-Germain Kinduelu Mbangula Tshifunda (born 16 January 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Brussels, Belgium,[3] Mbangula is of DR Congolese descent.[4]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Having begun his youth career at Club Brugge, with whom he spent five years, Mbangula moved to Anderlecht in summer 2019.[5]
On 10 August 2020, Mbangula joined the under-17 team of Italian side Juventus.[5] In 2022, Mbangula signed a four-year contract with Juventus.[6] After having played for the under-19s,[7] he was made part of Juventus' reserve team in Serie C, Juventus Next Gen, during the 2023–24 season.[6]
On 19 August 2024, Mbangula made his debut for Juventus in the first matchday of the 2024–25 Serie A season, scoring in a 3–0 win against Como; he was nominated man of the match.[7] Not long after, he scored his first Champions League goal on the 11th of February against PSV Eindhoven the next year.[8][9]
On 23 July 2025, Mbangula moved to Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.[10] The transfer fee paid to Juventus was reported as €10 million plus bonuses, the second-highest fee Werder Bremen has paid in its history.[11]
International career
[edit | edit source]In November 2024, Mbangula was called up to the senior Belgium squad for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and Israel on 14 and 17 November 2024, respectively.[12]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Mbangula is a rapid offensive winger.[7]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 14 December 2025[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen | 2023–24 | Serie C | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 1 | 25 | 2 | |
| Juventus | 2024–25 | Serie A | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Werder Bremen | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 53 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 9 | ||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia Serie C, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in Serie C promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile at the Juventus FC website
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Belgian men's footballers
- Footballers from Brussels
- Men's association football wingers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Serie C players
- Serie A players
- Juventus Next Gen players
- Juventus FC players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany