Silvère Ganvoula

Silvère Ganvoula
Ganvoula with VfL Bochum in 2019
Personal information
Full name Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy
Date of birth (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Brazzaville, Congo
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 35
Youth career
2005–2009 Centre de Gothia
2009–2014 Patronage Sainte-Anne
2014–2015 Raja Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Patronage Sainte-Anne
2014–2015 Raja Casablanca 4 (0)
2015–2016 Elazığspor 16 (5)
2016–2017 Westerlo 20 (7)
2017–2019 Anderlecht 9 (3)
2017 → Westerlo (loan) 6 (2)
2017–2018 → Mechelen (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2019 → VfL Bochum (loan) 21 (5)
2019–2023 VfL Bochum 82 (15)
2022 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 5 (0)
2023– Young Boys 48 (13)
International career‡
2013–2014 Congo U17 12 (1)
2015–2016 Congo U20 3 (3)
2014– Congo 25 (5)
Medal record
VfL Bochum
Winner 2. Bundesliga 2020–21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy (born 29 June 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Congo national team.[1]

Club career

Ganvoula signed with Elazığspor on 5 July 2015.[2]

He joined R.S.C. Anderlecht on a season long loan from Mechelen in 2017.[3] and scored twice against his parent club in February 2018 [4] He scored the winner for Anderlecht after coming on a substitute in a 2–1 win against Royal Antwerp in the Belgian First Division A on 11 March 2018.[5]

VfL Bochum

In July 2018, Ganvoula joined 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum on loan for the 2018–19 season. Bochum secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[6] In July 2019 Ganvoula was signed by Bochum.[7] The following season, Ganvoula was Bochum's leading scorer with 13 goals in league play and 16 goals in all competitions – including a hat-trick against KSV Baunatal in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[8]

In January 2022, he signed for Belgian First Division A club Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season.[9]

Personal life

In autumn 2017 Ganvoula had to cope with the loss of his father and only played 15 minutes between October and December for Anderlecht.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Elazığspor 2015–16 TFF First League 16 5 2 0 — — 18 5
Westerlo (loan) 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 26 9 0 0 — — 26 9
Mechelen (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 9 0 1 0 — — 10 0
Anderlecht 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 9 3 — 0 0 7 0 16 3
VfL Bochum (loan) 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 21 5 1 0 — — 22 5
VfL Bochum 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 28 13 2 3 — — 30 16
2020–21 2. Bundesliga 29 2 3 0 — — 32 2
2021–22 Bundesliga 9 0 1 0 — — 10 0
2022–23 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
Total 82 15 6 3 0 0 0 0 88 18
Cercle Brugge (loan) 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Young Boys 2023–24 Swiss Super League 35 9 4 2 10[a] 1 — 49 12
2024–25 Swiss Super League 13 4 0 0 7[b] 1 — 20 5
Total 48 13 4 2 17 2 — 69 17
Career total 216 49 14 5 17 2 7 0 254 57
  1. ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 11 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Congo 2014 4 1
2016 1 0
2017 1 0
2019 2 1
2020 3 0
2021 5 1
2022 2 0
2023 2 2
2024 5 0
Total 25 5
Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ganvoula goal.
List of international goals scored by Silvère Ganvoula[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 June 2014 Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo  Namibia 1–0 3–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 17 November 2019 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo  Guinea-Bissau 2–0 3–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 7 September 2021 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo  Senegal 1–1 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 10 September 2023 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco  Gambia 2–0 2–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 17 November 2023 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia  Zambia 1–1 2–4 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ Silvère Ganvoula at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Ganvoula M'boussy" (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Silvere M'boussy's brace saves Anderlecht from defeat against KV Mechelen". goal.com. 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Anderlecht - KV Mechelen". fctables.com. 4 February 2018.
  5. ^ "A neuf, Anderlecht bat l'Antwerp et le prive des PO1" (in French). 11 March 2018.
  6. ^ "VfL leiht Silvère Ganvoula aus" (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 July 2018.
  7. ^ "VfL verpflichtet Ganvoula" (in German). VfL Bochum. 5 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Ganvoula sichert schmeichelhaften Sieg in Baunatal" (in German). Kicker. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Cercle Brugge heeft bijkomende aanvaller beet". 25 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Ganvoula wants to return to Anderlecht". 15 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Silvère Ganvoula". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.


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