Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a forward.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior M'Pia Mapuku | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Troyes B | 14 | (4) |
| 2011 | Sainte-Geneviève | 5 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Panachaiki | 31 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Compiègne | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 43 | (16) |
| 2015–2016 | Wadi Degla | 22 | (3) |
| 2016 | Bandırmaspor | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 25 | (12) |
| 2017–2018 | Levski Sofia | 19 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Dunărea Călărași | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Al-Shorta | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Al-Shoulla | 9 | (1) |
| 2021 | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Slavia Sofia | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2022 | |||
On 1 September 2016, Mapuku signed a contract with Turkish club Bandırmaspor, but ended up playing only two league games.[3]
On 11 October 2016, Mapuku returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.[4]
On 22 May 2017 he signed a 2-year contract with Levski Sofia, joining the team from the 2017–18 season.[5] He soon claimed himself "The Black Power".[6] On his debut for the club, Mapuku scored 2 goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round.[7] In same match 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 Pirin Blagoevgrad, scoring a hattrick for the 3:0 win.[8] It was the quickest hattrick scored by a foreigner in the club history after just 18 minutes (between the 74th and 92nd minute).[9]
After being deemed surplus to the requirements by Levski Sofia manager Delio Rossi, Mapuku signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Chinese club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on 30 January 2018.[10]
In 2019 Mapuku joined Iraqi club Al-Shorta.[11]
In October 2021, Mapuku returned to Bulgaria, agreeing terms with Slavia Sofia for two seasons.[12] 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 Zlatomir Zagorčić.[13]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Troyes B | 2010–11 | National 3 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| Sainte-Geneviève | 2011–12 | National 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 5 | 2 | ||
| Panachaiki | 2011–12 | Beta Ethniki | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 5 | |
| 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | ||
| Compiègne | 2013–14 | National 3 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2013–14 | A Group | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 2014–15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 28 | 8 | |||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Wadi Degla | 2015–16 | Premier League | 22 | 3 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||
| Bandırmaspor | 2016–17 | 1. Lig | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2016–17 | First League | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 12 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | First League | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| Shijiazhuang | 2018 | China League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgaria Total | 87 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 100 | 38 | ||
| Career Total | 169 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 183 | 52 | ||