Noah Mbamba-Muanda (born 5 January 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or

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for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

Club career

On 22 January 2021, Mbamba made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the

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against

Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

. He made his league debut for the senior squad of Brugge in the

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

on 23 May 2021, when he started in the game against Genk, at the age of 16. 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.

International career

Born in Belgium, Mbamba is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club Brugge * Belgian Super Cup:

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Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbamba, Noah 2005 births Living people Footballers from Brussels People from Ixelles Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Men's association football defenders Club NXT players Club Brugge KV players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Challenger Pro League players Belgian Pro League players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany