Jordi Mboula Queralt (born 16 March 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as right winger.
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| Full name | Jordi Mboula Queralt | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Granollers, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 B | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Monaco | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Huesca (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Mallorca | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Estoril (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 35 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Hellas Verona | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Racing Santander | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Spain U17 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Spain U19 | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editEarly career
editBorn 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
editA 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]
Mallorca
editOn 17 September 2020, Mboula signed a four-year contract with RCD Mallorca, recently relegated to the second division.[7] He featured regularly in his first season as the club returned to the top tier at first attempt, and made his debut in the category on 14 August 2021, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Betis.
On 31 January 2022, Mboula moved to Primeira Liga side Estoril on loan until June.[8] On 24 August, he moved to Racing de Santander in the second division, in a temporary one-year deal.[9]
Upon returning to Mallorca, Mboula rescinded his contract on 11 July 2023.[10]
Hellas Verona
editOn 11 July 2023, Serie A side Hellas Verona announced the signing of Mboula on a four-year contract.[11] On 12 August 2023, he made his debut for the club in a Coppa Italia match against Ascoli.
Return to Racing Santander
editOn 1 February 2024, Mboula returned to Racing Santander and signed a contract for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[12]
International career
editMboula 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.[13]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 31 October 2023[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Monaco B | 2017–18 | Championnat National 2 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||||
| Monaco | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Huesca (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Mallorca | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 43 | 2 | ||||
| Estoril (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Racing Santander (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 6 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2023–24 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 13 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Trophée des Champions
Honours
editMonaco[14]
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2017–18
- Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2018
Spain U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2016[15]
References
edit- ^ UEFA.com (21 June 2017). "Youth League wonderkid Mboula signs for Monaco".
- ^ "Monaco sign Jordi Mboula from Barcelona".
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 35ème journée - AS Monaco / Amiens SC". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "Ligue 1: Depay fires Lyon into Champions League as Troyes go down". FourFourTwo. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Jordi Mboula prêté au Cercle Bruges" [Jordi Mboula loaned to Cercle Brugge] (in French). AS Monaco. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Jordi Mboula is loaned to Huesca". AS Monaco. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "RCD Mallorca complete the signing of Jordi Mboula". RCD Mallorca. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "El RCD Mallorca y el Estoril Praia acuerdan la cesión de Jordi Mboula" [RCD Mallorca and Estoril Praia agree the loan of Jordi Mboula] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Jordi Mboula, duodécimo refuerzo del Racing 2022/23" [Jordi Mboula, twelfth addition of Racing 2022/23] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Jordi Mboula se desvincula del RCD Mallorca" [Jordi Mboula leaves RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Welcome Jordi Mboula, new Hellas Verona forward". www.hellasverona.it. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Jordi Mboula vuelve al Racing y se convierte en el segundo refuerzo invernal del curso 2023/24" [Jordi Mboula returns to Racing and becomes the second winter reinforcement of the 2023/24 season] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Mboula, Ruiz fire Spain to victory over the Dutch". UEFA. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b Jordi Mboula at Soccerway
- ^ "España pierde la final ante Portugal en la tanda de penaltis (1–1 /5–4)" [Spain lose final against Portugal on penalty shootout (1–1 /5–4)] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
External links
edit- AS Monaco Profile
- Jordi Mboula at BDFutbol
- Jordi Mboula – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Jordi Mboula at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Jordi Mboula – UEFA competition record (archive)