Bright Akwo Arrey-Mbi (born 26 March 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left back for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96, on loan from Bayern Munich.
![]() Arrey-Mbi playing for Bayern Munich U19 in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bright Akwo Arrey-Mbi | ||
Date of birth | (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Kumba, Cameroon[1] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Hannover 96 (on loan from Bayern Munich) | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2014 | SG Kaarst | ||
2014 | Norwich City | ||
2014–2019 | Chelsea | ||
2019–2020 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Bayern Munich II | 34 | (2) |
2021– | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → 1. FC Köln (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → 1. FC Köln II (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2022– | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022– | → Hannover 96 II (loan) | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | England U15 | 8 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Germany U16 | 6 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Germany U17 | 9 | (0) |
2021– | Germany U19 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:30, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022 |
Arrey-Mbi moved to England at age 11.[3] He was educated at St Thomas More School in Bedford, England.[4]
Bright Arrey-Mbi made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II on 19 September, 2020 in a 3. Liga game against Türkgücü München.[5] Later he made his Champions League debut for Bayern Munich senior team on 1 December, 2020 against Atlético Madrid.[6]
On January 30, 2022 German sports magazine Kicker reported that Arrey-Mbi would join Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln, on loan for 18 months until 30 June, 2023.[7] After he did not feature in any first-team matches while at the club, Bayern Munich decided to terminate the loan agreement with Köln in August 2022, he was then loaned out to 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 on a deal until June 2023.[8]
Born in Cameroon, Arrey-Mbi grew up in England and Germany.[9] He moved to England at a young age and represented the England U15s eight times, before switching back to represent Germany internationally.[10] He remains eligible to play for England, Germany or Cameroon internationally.[11]
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