Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi (born 12 March 2001), is an Angolan

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Paju Citizen FC as a centre back.

Youth career

Samuel started playing football in 2007 at Pyeongtaek United. He began his career as a professional football player at Chungdam Middle school in the same city. Since his high school year, he went to Jinju high school football team, which is a youth team of Gyeongnam FC. However, he later returned to Pyeongtaek and joined Chungdam high school football team.

Club career

Samuel joined

Pohang Steelers The Pohang Steelers (Hangul: 포항 스틸러스) are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province that compete in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. The Steelers were founded on 1 A ...

of K League 1 on 4 December 2020. However, he was not able to play for the official matches as his naturalisation process kept being delayed. For the 2022 season, he left

and joined Paju Citizen FC of K3 League.

Personal life

Samuel immigrated from Angola to South Korea with his family in 2007 as a refugee. He took naturalisation test in 2021, but the result announcement has been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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* 2001 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan men's footballers Men's association football defenders K League 1 players K3 League players Pohang Steelers players Angolan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea {{Angola-footy-bio-stub