Joel Tshisanga Ndala (born 31 May 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Nottingham Forest, on loan from Manchester City.

[3][4] Ndala played in the youth ranks at Port Vale, until he joined Manchester City in 2017, at the age of ten years-old, for a fee later reported to be £300,000.

[9][10] He had 25 goal involvements for Ben Wilkinson's U18 Premier League-winning side in the 2022–23 season and was called up to play under Brian Barry-Murphy in the UEFA Youth League.

[1] On 3 February 2025, Ndala joined Premier League club Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan, with an option to purchase for £4 million.

[18][19] Ndala was selected to represent England at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Iran at Jakarta International Stadium in November 2023.

[23] After his performances at the U17 World Cup in 2023, Ndala was identified by ESPN as one of the stars of the tournament with "phenomenal change of pace and highly developed off-the-ball movement".