Enock Mwepu

Enock Mwepu (born 1 January 1998) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In October 2022, he was forced to retire following the discovery of a hereditary heart condition.

Enock Mwepu
Mwepu with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name Enock Mwepu[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 NAPSA Stars
2017 Kafue Celtic
2017–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 81 (11)
2017–2018 → Liefering (loan) 23 (6)
2021–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 24 (2)
Total 128 (19)
National team
Zambia U17
2017–2018 Zambia U20 10 (3)
2017–2022 Zambia[3] 23 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He started with Kafue Celtic in Lusaka. In June 2017 he went toRed Bull Salzburg. There he was loaned to FC Liefering who play in Austrian Football First League.

in the 2019-20 season he became part of the first team. He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League during a 4–3 loss to Liverpool at Anfield.[4]

On 18 December 2019, Mwepu extended his contract with Salzburg until summer 2024.[5] 2021 he went to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League. [6] On October 10 2022, he was forced to retire following the discovery of a hereditary heart condition. [7]

International career

In 2014 Mwepu playeed for the national under-17 team that represented the country at the 2015 African U-17 Championship. 2017 he played in the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia. Mwepu scored his first international goal for Zambia in an AFCON Qualifier against Algeria on 2 September 2017 at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

Personal life

His younger brother Francisco Mwepu is also a professional footballer.[8] He plays for FC Cádiz Mirandilla, the second team of Cádiz CF.

Career statistics

Club

[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Liefering 2017–18 2. Liga 236———236
Red Bull Salzburg 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 8120—00101
2018–19 19131—6[lower-alpha 1]0282
2019–20 25441—7[lower-alpha 2]0365
2020–21 29565—10[lower-alpha 3]04510
Total 81111570023011918
Brighton & Hove Albion 2021–22 Premier League 1821021—213
2022–23 600000—60
Total 242102100273
Career total 128191672123016927
  1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five in UEFA Europa League
  2. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  3. Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League

International goals
Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mwepu goal.[10]
List of international goals scored by Enock Mwepu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
12 September 2017National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Algeria3–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
216 June 2019Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco3–23–2Friendly
312 November 2020National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Botswana1–12–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
43 September 2021Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania Mauritania1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg[10]

Zambia U20[10]

  • Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 2017
  • COSAFA U-20 Cup: 2016

References
  1. "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "Enock Mwepu: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. Enock Mwepu at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. Salzburg, Andy Hunter at the Stadion (10 December 2019). "Liverpool reach last 16 after Naby Keïta and Mo Salah douse Salzburg's fire". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. "DAKA, MWEPU AND KOITA EXTEND UNTIL 2024". redbullsalzburg.at. FC Red Bull Salzburg. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. "Mwepu joins Albion from Red Bull Salzburg". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. Brightonandhovealbion.com
  8. "Im Geburtstalk: Francisco Mwepu". sksturm.at. SK Sturm Graz. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. Enock Mwepu at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  10. "E. Mwepu". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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