Junior Mwanga
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Date of birth
11 May 2003
Place of birth
Lyon, France
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position
Centre-back
 Mwanga with Strasbourg in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Strasbourg | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Lyon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Bordeaux B | 23 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Bordeaux | 34 | (0) |
| 2023– | Strasbourg B | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Strasbourg | 33 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Le Havre (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | → Nantes (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2022–2023 | France U20 | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2026 | |||
Junior Mwanga (born 11 May 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.
Mwanga is a youth product of FC Lyon, he moved to the reserves of Bordeaux on 6 July 2020.[2] He made his professional debut with Bordeaux in a 4–2 Ligue 1 win to Brest on 21 May 2022, the last matchday of the 2021–22 season.[3] On 3 August 2022, Mwanga signed his first professional contract with the club tying him until 2025,[4] He also signed for Strasbourg.
On 31 January 2025, Mwanga moved on loan to Le Havre.[5] On 1 September 2025, he was loaned out to Nantes.[6]
Personal life
Career statistics
- As of match played 3 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 22 | 5 | — | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 5 | — | — | — | 23 | 5 | |||||
| Bordeaux | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Strasbourg B | 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |||
| Le Havre (loan) | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Nantes (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 8 | ||