Joel Ngebany Mumbongo (born 9 January 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish League One side Dumbarton.
He subsequently had a short trial at Everton but Mumbongo's father decided that it would be best for his son to finish his studies and play for a top flight club in Sweden.
[6] He continued his development in the youth side earning international honours and attracted interest from English clubs again, going on trial with Stoke City and Southampton.
[6] He was all set to sign a contract with all the paperwork completed when the English Football League placed Birmingham under a transfer embargo and the deal was blocked.
[6] Mumbongo later signed a one-year deal for Italian side Hellas Verona in August 2018, who had recently been relegated to Serie B.
[7] He played a number of games in the under-19 Primavera side before sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a match in October 2018, which kept him out of action for four months.
[6] He never made an appearance for the first team as the side were promoted back to Serie A via the play-offs and he returned to Sweden for rehabilitation as a free agent at the end of his contract.
[6] Around a month later, on 9 January 2021, he made his first team debut in a third-round FA Cup tie against Milton Keynes Dons at Turf Moor.
[6] He came on as a late substitute with the side 1–0 down, eventually providing the assist for Matěj Vydra in stoppage time to level the tie.