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{{short description|Zambian footballer (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Emmanuel Mayuka
| image          = Emmanuel Mayuka.jpg
| caption        = Mayuka playing for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 2013
| full_name      = Emmanuel Mayuka<ref name="Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers">{{cite web |title=Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers |url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/Barclays-Premier-League-Squad-Numbers-2014-15.pdf |publisher=Premier League |page=16 |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085139/http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/Barclays-Premier-League-Squad-Numbers-2014-15.pdf 
 |archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1990|11|21|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Kabwe]], Zambia
| height         = 1.78 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4629/Emmanuel-Mayuka/overview |title=Emmanuel Mayuka |publisher=Premier League |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>
| position       = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub    = [[NAPSA Stars F.C.|NAPSA Stars]]
| clubnumber     = 
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    =
| years1         = 2006–2008
| clubs1         = [[Kabwe Warriors F.C.|Kabwe Warriors]]
| caps1          = 26
| goals1         = 7
| years2         = 2008–2010
| clubs2         = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| caps2          = 41
| goals2         = 8
| years3         = 2010–2012
| clubs3         = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
| caps3          = 62
| goals3         = 20
| years4         = 2012–2015
| clubs4         = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| caps4          = 16
| goals4         = 0
| years5         = 2013–2014
| clubs5         = → [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] (loan)
| caps5          = 21
| goals5         = 4
| years6         = 2015–2016
| clubs6         = [[FC Metz|Metz]] 
| caps6          = 10
| goals6         = 2
| years7         = 2016–2017
| clubs7         = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] 
| caps7          = 22
| goals7         = 5
| years8         = 2017–2018
| clubs8         = [[Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.|Hapoel Ra'anana]] 
| caps8          = 5
| goals8         = 0
| years9         = 2019
| clubs9         = [[Green Buffaloes F.C.|Green Buffaloes]]
| caps9          = 
| goals9         = 
| years10        = 2020–
| clubs10        = [[NAPSA Stars F.C.|NAPSA Stars]]
| caps10         = 43
| goals10        = 29
| nationalyears1 = 2007–
| nationalteam1  = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]
| nationalcaps1  = 61
| nationalgoals1 = 12
| club-update    = 6 May 2019
| nationalteam-update = 7 June 2015
|medaltemplates =
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|2012 Equatorial Guinea-Gabon]]|}}
}}
'''Emmanuel Mayuka''' (born 21 November 1990) is a Zambian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who  plays as a [[striker (association football)|striker]] for the [[NAPSA Stars F.C.|NAPSA Stars]] and the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]]. He was the top scorer of the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Kabwe]], [[Central Province, Zambia]], Mayuka began his career at the Lusaka Academy at the age of 11. In 2007, he joined [[Kabwe Warriors F.C.|Kabwe Warriors]], one of the biggest clubs in Zambia owned by the national railway company Zambia Railways. In this team, he flourished scoring 15 goals in 23 games. He consequently was selected to the Zambia under-17 national team.

===Maccabi Tel Aviv===
In September, he joined [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in Israel. Before opting to join Maccabi Tel Aviv, Mayuka was close to signing for [[Football in Portugal|Portuguese side]] [[F.C. Porto|Porto]], but the move never materialised. When he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv, Mayuka joined the youth team where he scored three goals. In April 2010, Mayuka renewed his contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv until 2014.

===Young Boys===
On 28 May 2010, it was confirmed that Mayuka had signed a five-year contract with Swiss club [[BSC Young Boys]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bscyb.ch/news-detail.aspx?navi=4&detail=580 |title=Emmanuel Mayuka unterschreibt bei YB |language=de |trans-title=Emmanuel Mayuka signs for YB |publisher=BSC Young Boys |date=28 May 2010 |access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> for a transfer fee of £1.7m as a replacement for [[Seydou Doumbia]], who was sold to [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} On 1 December 2010, Mayuka scored two goals in the [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] against [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]] in a 4–2 win. On 17 February 2011, Mayuka scored a [[last-minute goal]] against Russian club [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]] in [[UEFA Europa League]] match to help his team to a 2–1 home win.

===Southampton===
On 28 August 2012, he joined [[Premier League]] side [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £3 million.<ref>{{cite web | title=Saints Make Mayuka Move | url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/saints-make-mayuka-move-339701.aspx | publisher=Southampton F.C. | access-date=29 August 2012|date=28 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emmanuel Mayuka signs for Southampton|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19406411|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 August 2012|date=28 August 2012}}</ref> He made his debut for Southampton against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] at [[St. Mary's Stadium]] on 2 September 2012, coming on as a substitute.

He appeared again as a substitute in a 4–1 victory over [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], winning a penalty for the fourth goal. On 22 December 2012, he made his first start in a 1–0 loss at home to [[Sunderland F.C.|Sunderland]] before being substituted after 55 minutes.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

His only competitive goal for the club came in a 5–1 victory over [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] on 27 August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23763998|title=Barnsley 1–5 Southampton|publisher=BBC|date=27 August 2013 |access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref>

On 2 September 2013, Mayuka joined [[Ligue 1]] side [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]] on a season-long loan deal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gondwe |first=Kennedy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23931498 |title=BBC Sport – Emmanuel Mayuka loaned by Southampton to Sochaux |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2 September 2013 |access-date=5 September 2015}}</ref>

On 30 July 2015, manager [[Ronald Koeman]] confirmed that Mayuka 'had no future at Southampton', and he was removed from the first-team, having failed to score in any of his 16 league appearances for Southampton.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corkhill|first1=Barney|title=Ronald Koeman: 'Emmanuel Mayuka has no future at Southampton'|url=http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/southampton/transfer-talk/news/koeman-mayuka-has-no-future-at-southampton_236150.html|website=Sportsmole.co.uk|access-date=6 August 2015|date=29 July 2015}}</ref>

===Metz===
On 31 August 2015, Mayuka joined French club [[FC Metz]] of [[Ligue 2]], signing a three-year deal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Metz move for Mayuka | url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20150831-emmanuel-mayuka-fc-metz-transfer-announcement-2659430.aspx | publisher=Saints FC | access-date=31 August 2015|date=31 August 2015}}</ref>

===Zamalek===
On 15 January 2016, Mayuka joined Egyptian club [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] on a three-and-a-half-year deal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Official: Mayuka joins Zamalek from FC Metz | url=http://www.kingfut.com/2016/01/15/mansour-emmanuel-mayuka-joins-zamalek/ | publisher=KingFut | access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Emmanuel Mayuka quitte Metz pour le Zamalek | url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Emmanuel-mayuka-quitte-metz-pour-le-zamalek/624966 | publisher=L'Équipe | language=fr | access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 January 2016}}</ref>

===Hapoel Ra'anana===
On 9 November 2017, Mayuka returned to Israel and joined [[Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.|Hapoel Ra'anana]].<ref>{{cite web | title=עוד רכש מסקרן: עמנואל מאיוקה חתם ברעננה | url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=257769&lang=HE | publisher=Sport5 | language=he | access-date=9 November 2017 | date=9 November 2017}}</ref>

===Green Buffaloes===
In April 2019, Mayuka took back to Zambia and joined [[Green Buffaloes F.C.|Green Buffaloes]].<ref>[http://www.zambianfootball.news/headlines/striker-mayuka-makes-green-buffaloes-debut/ Striker Mayuka Makes Green Buffaloes Debut], zambianfootball.news, 27 April 2019</ref>

===NAPSA Stars===
In February 2020, Mayuka joined [[NAPSA Stars F.C.|NAPSA Stars]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mubanga |first1=Aaron |title=NAPSA Stars Sign Former Southampton Striker |url=https://zambianfootball.co.zm/napsa-stars-sign-former-southampton-striker/zfadmin/ |website= zambianfootball.co.zm  |access-date=5 February 2020 |date=4 February 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
Mayuka was part of the class of 2007 under-20s which included Fwayo Tembo, [[Clifford Mulenga]], [[Sebastian Mwansa]], [[William Njovu]], [[Stoppila Sunzu]], [[Joseph Zimba]], [[Rogers Kola]], [[Jacob Banda]], [[Nyambe Mulenga]] and [[Dennis Banda]]. He was the youngest player at the [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] and the only school boy in the team. Despite not scoring there, many soccer pundits and fans acknowledged his contribution to one of the finest youth squads in Zambian football history.<ref>[http://zambianfootball.blogspot.com/2008/05/renard-mayuka-has-great-potential.html]{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref>

Mayuka was not part of the U-20s that participated earlier that year at the African Youth Cup in [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]] (where Zambia finished fourth) but, in the first game against [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]], he was picked in the starting line-up, and remained such for the other two group stage matches and the round-of-16 clash with [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]].

Mayuka debuted for the [[Zambia national football team|senior side]] in the [[2007 COSAFA Cup]], scoring the second goal in a 3–0 defeat of [[Mozambique national football team|Mozambique]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2007/09/29/zambia-stroll-to-showdown-with-south-africa-in-cosafa-castle-cup-final/ |title=Zambia stroll to showdown with South Africa in Cosafa Castle Cup final |newspaper=Lusaka Times |date=29 September 2007 |access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> Mayuka scored the first goal for Zambia of [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]] which was score again by his teammate [[Rainford Kalaba]] second goal in the game with Zambia earning a victory against [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]. In the same tournament, he scored against [[Libya national football team|Libya]] in the group stage, and then he scored the winner in a famous 1–0 victory over [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] in the semifinals, therefore leading Zambia into the finals. He then played all 120 minutes against Ivory Coast in Zambia's [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] victory against [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zambia shock the Black Stars |url= http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-cup-of-nations_2012/news/13068-zambia-shock-the-black-stars.html |website=Cafonline.com|access-date=29 August 2012|date=2 August 2012}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mayuka goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Emmanuel Mayuka<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qww.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=32899&region=-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719202617/http://qww.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=32899&region=-11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 July 2012 |title=Goals scored by Emmanuel Mayuka |publisher=Goalzz |access-date=26 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 29 September 2007 || [[Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium|Super Stadium]], [[Atteridgeville]], South Africa || {{fb|MOZ}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[2007 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 22 May 2008 || [[June 11 Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya]] || {{fb|LBY|1977}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 3 August 2008 || [[Thulamahashe Stadium]], [[Bushbuckridge]], South Africa || {{fb|MAD}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2008 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 5 September 2010 || [[Nkoloma Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia || {{fb|COM}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || 27 March 2011 || [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]], Mozambique || {{fb|MOZ}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| align="center"|6 || 4 September 2011 || [[Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh]], [[Mitsamiouli]], Comoros || {{fb|COM}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| align="center"|7 || 21 January 2012 || [[Estadio de Bata]], [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]], Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|SEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group A|2012 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || 25 January 2012 || Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|LBY}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|9 || 8 February 2012 || Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|GHA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage|2012 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|10 || 15 August 2012 || [[Anyang Stadium]], [[Anyang, Gyeonggi|Anyang]], South Korea || {{fb|KOR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11 || 15 October 2014 || [[Levy Mwanawasa Stadium]], [[Ndola]], Zambia || {{fb|NIG}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F|2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|12 || 22 January 2015 || [[Estadio de Ebibeyin]], [[Ebibeyin]], Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group B|2015 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
*[[Toto Cup]]: [[2008–09 Toto Cup Al|2008–09]]

'''Zamalek'''
*[[Egypt Cup]]: [[2016 Egypt Cup|2016]]{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

'''Zambia'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]]: [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|2012]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]] Golden Boot: [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations#Awards|2012]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/index.aspx?playerid=372777&tcmuri=345922 Emmanuel Mayuka profile]
* {{Premier League player|4629}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{NFT|10603}}

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