Noah Mbamba
Country: Belgium/DR Congo
Date of birth: 05/01/2005 (16 years old)
Place of birth: Brussels (Belgium)
Height: —
Youth career: FC Vilvoorde, KV Woluwe-Zaventem, KRC Genk, Club Brugge (since 2020)
Current club: Club Brugge
Squad number: 72
Current national team: Belgium U-15
Position: central defender, defensive midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 800.000 €
Tournaments participated in: —
Contract until: 30.06.2023
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Vincent Kompany
Strengths:
– pace 
– tackling
– passing
– positioning
– anticipation
– athleticism 
– ability to read the game
Weaknesses:
No significant weaknesses.
Style of play:
– complete, elegant, and dominant centre-back
– modern and versatile defender, who combines strength and pace with good technique and passing
– can play as a LCB, RCB in a three-man defence as well as defensive midfielder thanks to his great ball skills
– player with good body mass ratio, physical strength, power, stamina and natural fitness who feels comfortable in contact situations
– able to play in a high defensive line
– known for his composure, elegance, ball-playing ability and confidence in possession
– great at finding passes through both the first and second line of pressing from the opposition
– very good vision and passing skills also when it comes to breaking the lines with laser passes
– often wins the ball back by outmuscling players thanks to his significant upper-body strength
– accurate and tenacious tackler/very godd in 1vs1
– fantastic positional sense, anticipation, and tactical awarenes
– likes to maraud forward
– dominant in the air (wins about 55% of aerial duels, this should improve with age and experience)
– concentrated, determined and committed player with a very good rate of individual and collective work
– tactically astute and technically capable of playing in various tactical systems
– good ambidexterity when using his left weaker foot
Mbamba outpaces and outmuscles the opponent and intercepts the ball for his team.
Mbamba advances with the ball forward and makes a superb line-breaking pass.
He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-3-3.
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Achievements:
Belgian Super Cup 2021 winner with Club Brugge.
League summary (as for 26 July 2021):
First Division B 2020/2021: 11 games/0 goals (Club NXT)
Jupiler Pro League 2020/2021: 1 games/0 goals (Brugge)
Jupiler Pro League 2021/2022 (ongoing): 1 games/0 goals (Brugge)
Description:
Noah Mbamba joined Club Brugge from KRC Genk in 2020. On 22 January 2021, he made his debut for Brugge’s reserve side called Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against Lierse. Four months later he made his first-team debut in a Jupiler Pro League fixture against his former club KRC Genk – at the age of 16 years, 4 months and 8 days he became the youngest player in Club Brugge’s history.
Quotes:
“Noah is phenomenal on the ball. He’s composed, not nervous – it’s very hard to put a pressure on him. He is a reasonable boy, that’s important.”
(Brandon Mechele – Mbamba’s Club Brugge teammate)
Football Talent Scout potential rating:
Player has the potential to become a key player in a top European club.
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