Noah Mbamba-Muanda (born 5 January 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Dender, on loan from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noah Mbamba-Muanda | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Ixelles, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Dender (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Genk | ||
| 2020–2021 | Club Brugge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Club NXT | 20 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Club Brugge | 16 | (0) |
| 2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf II (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Dender (loan) | 42 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:11, 25 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editOn 22 January 2021, Mbamba made his debut for Club Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against Lierse.[1]
He made his league debut for the senior squad of Brugge in the Belgian First Division A on 23 May 2021, when he started in the game against Genk, at the age of 16.[2] He made his Champions league debut on 3 November 2021 against Manchester City at the age of 16.
On 14 January 2023, Mbamba joined German club Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until June 2028.[3][4]
On 19 June 2024, Mbamba joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan for the 2024–25 season.[5] On 4 February 2025, he returned to Belgium on a new loan to Dender.[6] On 9 April 2025, the loan to Dender was extended for the 2025–26 season.[7]
International career
editBorn in Belgium, Mbamba is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium.[8]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 3 February 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Club NXT | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Belgian First Division B | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||||
| Club Brugge | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3 | ||
- ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ↑ Appearances in Belgian Pro League playoff
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- 1 2 Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Lierse 3–1 Club NXT". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Brugge v Genk game report". Soccerway. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ↑ "Noah Mbamba naar Bayer 04 Leverkusen". Club Brugge (in Dutch). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 holt belgisches Top-Talent Mbamba". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ "FORTUNA LEIHT NOAH MBAMBA AUS" [FORTUNA LOANS NOAH MBAMBA] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ↑ "Noah Mbamba tekent bij FCD!" [Noah Mbamba signs with FCD!] (in Dutch). Dender EH. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 extend Mbamba loan in Belgium". Bayer Leverkusen. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ Taecke, Tomas (24 May 2021). "Geslaagd debuut voor 16-jarige Noah Mbamba: "Aan de bal is hij fenomenaal"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ↑ Noah Mbamba at Soccerway
- ↑ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen are 2023/24 Bundesliga champions!". Bundesliga. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
edit- Noah Mbamba at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at the Club Brugge website