Jordi Mboula

Jordi Mboula Queralt (born 16 March 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as winger for French club AS Monaco.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mboula and the second or maternal family name is Queralt.
Jordi Mboula
Personal information
Full name Jordi Mboula Queralt
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Granollers, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Monaco
Youth career
2008–2009 Ametlla
2009–2010 Granollers
2010–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Barcelona B 3 (0)
2017–2019 Monaco II 16 (2)
2018– Monaco 10 (1)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 7 (0)
2020 → Huesca (loan) 9 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Spain U16 9 (5)
2015–2016 Spain U17 16 (4)
2016–2018 Spain U19 16 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:32, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia to a Congolese father and a Spanish mother, Mboula's parents met in China, and he spent two years of his youth there. At the age of 9, Mboula begun playing football with his local club CF Ametlla for six months, before joining EC Granollers for a year, and finally moving to FC Barcelona.[1]

Monaco

A member of Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Mboula joined AS Monaco FC on 21 July 2017, keeping him at the club until 2022.[2] He made his professional debut for Monaco in a 0–0 Ligue 1 draw at home to Amiens SC on 28 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Rony Lopes for the final six minutes.[3] On 19 May, in the last game of the season, he replaced the same player in added time and scored his first goal in a 3–0 win at relegated Troyes AC.[4]

On 15 July 2019, Mboula was loaned to Belgian side Cercle Brugge K.S.V. for one year.[5] The following 29 January, he returned to Spain after agreeing to a six-month deal with SD Huesca in Segunda División.[6]

International career

Mboula was part of the Spain national under-17 football team that were runners-up at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan. He scored in their 2–0 opening win against the Netherlands.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 November 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco 2017–18 Ligue 1 310000000031
2018–19 700000101090
Career total 10100001010121

References
  1. UEFA.com. "Youth League wonderkid Mboula signs for Monaco".
  2. "Monaco sign Jordi Mboula from Barcelona".
  3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 35ème journée - AS Monaco / Amiens SC". www.lfp.fr.
  4. "Ligue 1: Depay fires Lyon into Champions League as Troyes go down". FourFourTwo. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. "Jordi Mboula prêté au Cercle Bruges" [Jordi Mboula loaned to Cercle Brugge] (in French). AS Monaco. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. "Jordi Mboula is loaned to Huesca". AS Monaco. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. "Mboula, Ruiz fire Spain to victory over the Dutch". UEFA. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. "France - J. Mboula - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
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