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Junior Mwanga

Squad depthLe Havre · 23 yrsNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameJunior Mwanga
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityFrance
Age23
Date of birth11 May 2003
BirthplaceLyon
Height184 cm
Shirt number#6
ClubLe Havre
Defensive midfielder
1
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
90
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Le Havre.

Also this season

On loan at StrasbourgUEFA Europa Conference League: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 188 min

On loan at NantesCoupe de France: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Le Havre; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Ligue 1100906.9

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

J. Mwanga is a 23-year-old defensive midfielder at Nantes, rated 69.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (55.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mwanga.

On the season, Mwanga graded 27 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 1 assist and 3.234 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 69. At 23 Mwanga is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 40.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Mwanga is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/264 clubs
69.3
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
26.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
55.3%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.23
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Nantes finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

20
Apps
3.23
Def. / 90
39
Tackles
13
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (17th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 55.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 69.3 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles39
Interceptions13
Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards1