Samuel Pungi

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

Samuel Pungi
Personal information
Full name Samuel Muanda Mpaka Pungi
Date of birth (2001-03-12) 12 March 2001
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

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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