Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka

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Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka
Personnel
birthday February 21, 2000
place of birth Knivsta ,  Sweden
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Knivsta IK
IK Sirius
2016-2018 Sunderland AFC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2018– Sunderland AFC 8 (2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017-2018 Sweden U19 10 (3)
2019– Sweden U21 7 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 2, 2020

2 As of May 2, 2020

Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka (born February 21, 2000 in Knivsta ) is a Swedish football player . The center forward is under contract with third division AFC Sunderland in England and is a youth player for Sweden.

Career

society

Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka grew up in Knivsta and started playing football at the local Knivsta IK at the age of nine before moving to IK Sirius. In 2016, at the age of 16, he joined Sunderland Football School in England . In 41 competitive games for the U18 team, he scored 15 goals. After Mbunga Kimpioka had already played for the professional team in the EFL Trophy against Stoke City on September 4, 2018 , he made his debut on October 2, 2018 in a 2-2 draw against Peterborough United in the third division . Until the interruption of the 2019/20 season, which was due to the Corona crisis , Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka had eight short appearances in the league game across all seasons.

National team

Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka played ten times for the Swedes U19 between 2017 and 2019 , including twice in qualifying for the 2019 European U19 Championship . On March 22, 2019, he made his first appearance for Sweden's U21 national team in a 2-0 test match against Russia in Marbella, Spain .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johan Velagic: Svensken som är på väg upp i Sunderland. In: Svenska Fotbollförbundet . Svenska Fotbollsförbund, October 14, 2018, accessed on May 2, 2020 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
  4. ↑ Game data on transfermarkt.de
  5. ↑ [2]
  6. ↑ Match dates on the Swedish Football Association's website
personal data
SURNAME Mbunga Kimpioka, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Knivsta