13 Facts About Mushaga Bakenga

Mushagalusa Bakenga Joar Bahati Namugunga was born on 8 August 1992 and is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

At a very young age Bakenga was spotted, his rise to the first team is testament to his undoubted ability to score goals.

Mushaga Bakenga began his career with SK Nationalkameratene and joined Rosenborg BK in February 2007.

Mushaga Bakenga was on trial with Chelsea's academy in the spring.

Mushaga Bakenga played on the Norwegian u-19 national team, despite not being 17 years old yet.

In 2010, Mushaga Bakenga was plagued by injuries and played only a few matches for Rosenborg.

But, after scoring six times in pre-season, Mushaga Bakenga secured a position in the starting line-up at the start of 2011 Tippeligaen.

On 18 March 2015, Mushaga Bakenga cut short his Eintracht Braunschweig loan deal, signing a one-year loan deal with Norwegian champions Molde FK.

On 19 December 2024, Punjab FC announced that them and Mushaga Bakenga had mutually agreed to part ways.

Mushaga Bakenga started an organisation called Jabez's World through which he runs a school named College Namugunga in Eastern Congo which has about 1300 students.

Mushaga Bakenga has represented Norway from under-15 level up to under-21 level.

Mushaga Bakenga scored a hat-trick for the under-19 team in the match against Moldova U19 in April 2011.

Mushaga Bakenga was not included in the Norwegian squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but scored four goals for the "new" under-21 team in the match against Poland U21 on 10 June 2013.