Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese professional

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who most recently played as a

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for

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club Sheikh Russel KC.

Career

On 1 September 2016, Mapuku signed a contract with

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club Bandırmaspor, but ended up playing only two league games. On 11 October 2016, he returned to

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Levski Sofia

On 22 May 2017, Mapuku signed a two-year contract with Levski Sofia, joining the team from the 2017–18 season. He soon claimed himself "The Black Power". On his debut for the club, Mapuku scored two goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round. In the same match he scored the quickest goal ever for Levski in European tournaments, finding the net after just 13 seconds. On 18 August 2017, Mapuku scored his debut goals in the league against

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, scoring a hattrick for the 3:0 win. It was the quickest hattrick scored by a foreigner in the club history after just 18 minutes (between the 74th and 92nd minute).

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

After being deemed surplus to the requirements by Levski Sofia manager Delio Rossi, Mapuku signed a one-and-a-half year contract with

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club

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on 30 January 2018.

Al Shorta

In 2019 Mapuku joined Iraqi club

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Slavia Sofia

In October 2021, Mapuku returned to Bulgaria, agreeing terms with Slavia Sofia for two seasons. However, he made only a few appearances for the team without managing to score and was released in February 2022 after falling out of favor with the manager

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Al-Shorta * Iraqi Super Cup:

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2019 Iraqi Super Cup
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References

External links

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Profile at Levskisofia.info
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