Enock Mwepu

**Enock Mwepu** (born 1 January 1998) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In October 2022, he was forced to retire following the discovery of a hereditary heart condition.

## Club career

He started with Kafue Celtic in Lusaka. In June 2017 he went toRed Bull Salzburg. There he was loaned to FC Liefering who play in Austrian Football First League.

in the 2019-20 season he became part of the first team. He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League during a 4–3 loss to Liverpool at Anfield.

On 18 December 2019, Mwepu extended his contract with Salzburg until summer 2024. 2021 he went to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League.  On October 10 2022, he was forced to retire following the discovery of a hereditary heart condition.

## International career

In 2014 Mwepu playeed for the national under-17 team that represented the country at the 2015 African U-17 Championship. 2017 he played in the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia. Mwepu scored his first international goal for Zambia in an AFCON Qualifier against Algeria on 2 September 2017 at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

## Personal life

His younger brother Francisco Mwepu is also a professional footballer. He plays for FC Cádiz Mirandilla, the second team of Cádiz CF.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|FC Liefering|2017–18|2. Liga|23|6|—|—|—|23|6|||||
|rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg|2017–18|rowspan="4"|Austrian Bundesliga|8|1|2|0|—|0|0|10|1|
|2018–19|19|1|3|1|—|6|0|28|2|||||
|2019–20|25|4|4|1|—|7|0|36|5|||||
|2020–21|29|5|6|5|—|10|0|45|10|||||
|rowspan="3"|Brighton & Hove Albion|2021–22|rowspan="2"|Premier League|18|2|1|0|2|1|—|21|3|
|2022–23|6|0|0|0|0|0|—|6|0|||||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mwepu goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 September 2017|National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia||3–1|3–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|16 June 2019|Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco||3–2|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|3|12 November 2020|National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia||1–1|2–1|2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|4|3 September 2021|Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania||1–0|2–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Austrian Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021
**Zambia U20**
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 2017
- COSAFA U-20 Cup: 2016

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Enock Mwepu
- **image**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-04-15 (077).jpg
- **caption**: Mwepu with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
- **full name**: Enock Mwepu
- **birth place**: Lusaka, Zambia
- **height**: 1.84 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 2016–2017
- **clubs1**: NAPSA Stars F.C., NAPSA Stars
- **years2**: 2017
- **clubs2**: Kafue Celtic F.C., Kafue Celtic
- **years3**: 2017–2021
- **clubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps3**: 81
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 2017–2018
- **clubs4**: → FC Liefering, Liefering (loan)
- **caps4**: 23
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2021–2022
- **clubs5**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 128
- **totalgoals**: 19
- **nationalteam1**: Zambia national under-17 football team, Zambia U17
- **nationalyears2**: 2017–2018
- **nationalteam2**: Zambia national under-20 football team, Zambia U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2017–2022
- **nationalteam3**: Zambia national football team, Zambia
- **nationalcaps3**: 23
- **nationalgoals3**: 6