Moonga Simba

Moonga Simba
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Håbo 33 (3)
2018 Karlberg 24 (4)
2019–2020 Sandviken 37 (1)
2020 Västerås 14 (2)
2021–2024 Brann 28 (1)
2022 → Värnamo (loan) 11 (0)
2023 → GIF Sundsvall (loan) 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023

Moonga Simba (born 8 May 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who last played for SK Brann.[1][2][3]

Club career

On 18 February 2021, Simba signed for Eliteserien club Brann on a three-year contract,[4] being unable to join up with his new team until April due to COVID-19 restrictions.[5]

On 30 March 2022, Simba joined Värnamo on a season-long loan.[6] In February 2023, he joined GIF Sundsvall on loan for the 2023 season.[7]

Personal life

Born in Sweden, Simba is of Congo-Brazzaville descent. His brother Charles, Heradi and Mtaka are also footballers in Sweden.[8]

Career statistics

As of 10 April 2024[1][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Håbo 2016 Division 2 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2017 25 3 0 0 — — 25 3
Total 33 3 0 0 — — 33 3
Karlberg 2018 Division 2 24 4 2 1 — — 26 5
Sandvikens 2019 Ettan 27 1 2 0 — — 29 1
2020 10 0 3 0 — — 13 0
Total 37 1 5 0 — — 42 1
Västerås 2020 Superettan 14 2 1 2 — — 15 4
Brann 2021 Eliteserien 20 1 3 1 — 1[b] 0 24 2
2022 1. divisjon 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2023 Eliteserien 8 0 0 0 4[c] 0 — 12 0
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 28 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 37 2
Värnamo (loan) 2022 Allsvenskan 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
GIF Sundsvall (loan) 2023 Superettan 14 3 1 0 — — 15 3
Career total 161 14 13 4 4 0 1 0 179 18
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Eliteserien play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

  1. ^ a b c Moonga Simba at Soccerway
  2. ^ Moonga Simba at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Moonga Simba - Proffs i Norge" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "SIMBA HAR SIGNERT" [SIMBA HAS SIGNED]. www.brann.no (in Norwegian). 18 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "SIMBA HAR FÅTT UNNTAK FRA INNREISERESTRIKSJONENE" [SIMBA HAS BEEN GRANTED AN EXEMPTION FROM THE ENTRY RESTRICTIONS]. www.brann.no (in Norwegian). 28 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ "MOONGA SIMBA KLAR FÖR IFK VÄRNAMO" (Press release) (in Swedish). Värnamo. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Moonga Simba ansluter på lån!" [Moonga Simba joins on loan!]. gifsundsvall.se (in Swedish). 23 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  8. ^ Opheim, Steffen (2 February 2022). "(+) Simbas afrikanske drøm". Bergensavisen.
  9. ^ "Moonga Simba" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association.
  10. ^ Moonga Simba at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)


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