Samuel Pungi

Samuel Pungi
Personal information
Full name Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi
Date of birth (2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Paju Citizen FC
Youth career
2014 Pyeongtaek United FC
2015-2017 Chungdam Middle School
2018-2020 Cheongdam High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Pohang Steelers 0 (0)
2022- Paju Citizen FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2022

Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi (born 12 March 2001), is an Angolan footballer who plays for Paju Citizen FC as a centre back.

Youth career

Samuel started playing football in 2007 at Pyeongtaek United.[1] He began his career as a professional football player at Chungdam Middle school in the same city.

Since his high school year, he went to Jinju high school football team, which is a youth team of Gyeongnam FC.[2] However, he later returned to Pyeongtaek and joined Chungdam high school football team.

Club career

Samuel joined Pohang Steelers of K League 1 on 4 December 2020.[3] However, he was not able to play for the official matches as his naturalisation process kept being delayed.[4]

For the 2022 season, he left Pohang Steelers and joined Paju Citizen FC of K3 League.[5]

Personal life

Samuel immigrated from Angola to South Korea with his family in 2007 as a refugee.[6] He took naturalisation test in 2021, but the result announcement has been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ "첫 '난민 K리거' 사무엘 풍기 "감독님부터 형들까지 '잘돼야 한다' 어깨 두드려줘요"". Kukmin ilbo.co.kr. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. ^ "앙골라 출신 풍기 사무엘, 경남FC 산하 진주고 입학". idomin. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. ^ "'앙골라 출신' 포항 풍기 사무엘의 포부, "하창래 같은 수비수 될래"". sports-g.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "'앙골라 출신' 풍기 사무엘, 언제쯤 K리그 나설 수 있을까?". sports-g.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  5. ^ "[단독] 귀화 기다리는 포항 풍기 사무엘, K3 파주 입단… '외국인 쿼터' 적용". Best Eleven. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  6. ^ "다문화사회로 가는 길 - 부용초등학교 4학년 사무엘". ptsisa. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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