Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Paju Citizen FC | ||
Youth career | |||
2014 | Pyeongtaek United FC | ||
2015-2017 | Chungdam Middle School | ||
2018-2020 | Cheongdam High School | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021 | Pohang Steelers | 0 | (0) |
2022- | Paju Citizen FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2022 |
Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi (born 12 March 2001), is an Angolan footballer who plays for Paju Citizen FC as a centre back.
Samuel started playing football in 2007 at Pyeongtaek United.[1] He began his career as a professional football player at Chungdam Middle school in the same city.
Since his high school year, he went to Jinju high school football team, which is a youth team of Gyeongnam FC.[2] However, he later returned to Pyeongtaek and joined Chungdam high school football team.
Samuel joined Pohang Steelers of K League 1 on 4 December 2020.[3] However, he was not able to play for the official matches as his naturalisation process kept being delayed.[4]
For the 2022 season, he left Pohang Steelers and joined Paju Citizen FC of K3 League.[5]
Samuel immigrated from Angola to South Korea with his family in 2007 as a refugee.[6] He took naturalisation test in 2021, but the result announcement has been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.