# Junior Mapuku

Junior M'Pia Mapuku (born 7 January 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Bangladesh Premier League club Sheikh Russel KC.

## Career

On 1 September 2016, Mapuku signed a contract with Turkish club Bandırmaspor, but ended up playing only two league games.
On 11 October 2016, he returned to Beroe Stara Zagora.

### Levski Sofia

On 22 May 2017, Mapuku signed a two-year contract with Levski Sofia, joining the team from the 2017–18 season. He soon claimed himself "The Black Power". On his debut for the club, Mapuku scored two goals in an eventual 3–1 win against Sutjeska in the Europa League 1st qualifying round. In the same match he 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. It was the quickest hattrick scored by a foreigner in the club history after just 18 minutes (between the 74th and 92nd minute).

### Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

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.

### Al Shorta

In 2019 Mapuku joined Iraqi club Al-Shorta.

### Slavia Sofia

In October 2021, Mapuku returned to Bulgaria, agreeing terms with Slavia Sofia for two seasons. 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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 3 November 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | Division | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | 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 |
| Panachaiki | 2012–13 | Beta Ethniki | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Panachaiki | Total | 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 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2014–15 | A Group | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 8 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2015–16 | A Group | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | Total | Total | 43 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 17 |
| Wadi Degla | 2015–16 | Egyptian Premier League | 22 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 3 |
| Bandırmaspor | 2016–17 | 1. Lig | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2016–17 | Bulgarian First League | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 12 |
| Levski Sofia | 2017–18 | Bulgarian First League | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| Shijiazhuang | 2018 | China League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 169 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 183 | 52 |

## Honours

Al-Shorta
* Iraqi Super Cup: 2019