{{Short description|English footballer (born 2004)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Divin Mubama | image = Divin Mubama.jpeg | image_size = | caption = Mubama with West Ham United in 2023 | fullname = Divin Saku Mubama<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2247219|title=2022/23 Premier League squads confirmed|publisher=Premier League|date=16 September 2022|accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Newham, England | height = {{convert|1.83|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whufc.com/player/181 |title=D.Mubama |publisher=West Ham United F.C. |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = Manchester City | clubnumber = 67 | youthyears1 = 2013–2022 | youthclubs1 = West Ham United | years1 = 2022–2024 | clubs1 = West Ham United | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2024– | clubs2 = Manchester City | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025–2026 | clubs3 = → Stoke City (loan) | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = England U15 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam2 = England U16 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam3 = England U18 | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 3 | nationalyears4 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam4 = England U19 | nationalcaps4 = 5 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2023–2025 | nationalteam5 = England U20 | nationalcaps5 = 5 | nationalgoals5 = 1 | nationalyears6 = 2025- | nationalteam6 = England U21 | nationalcaps6 = 7 | nationalgoals6 = 5 | club-update = 10:45, 10 May 2026 (UTC) | ntupdate = 00:06, 1 April 2026 (UTC) }} '''Divin Saku Mubama''' (born 25 October 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|ManchesC}} club Manchester City.
==Club career== ===West Ham United=== Mubama was born in Newham, London and attended St Bonaventure's.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just Divin |url=https://www.stbons.org/just-divin/ |website=St Bonaventure's |access-date=2 August 2025}}</ref> Mubama joined the West Ham United Academy at the age of eight.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3760716/2022/11/04/west-ham-mubama-scarles-casey-swyer/|url-access=subscription|title=The journey to West Ham's first team of Mubama, Scarles, Casey and Swyer|first=Roshane|last=Thomas|website=The Athletic|date=4 November 2022|access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> On 28 October 2021, Mubama signed his first professional contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/october/28-october/divin-mubama-signs-first-professional-contract|title=Divin Mubama signs first professional contract|publisher=West Ham United F.C.|date=28 October 2021|accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref> On 3 November 2022, Mubama made his debut for West Ham in a UEFA Europa Conference League tie against Romanian club FCSB.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whufc.com/news/team-news-scarles-and-mubama-make-debuts-fornals-hits-milestone|title=Team News: Scarles and Mubama make debuts, Fornals hits milestone |publisher=West Ham United F.C.|date=3 November 2022|accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref> West Ham won the game 3–0 with Mubama's header diverted into his own goal by FCSB's Joyskim Dawa for West Ham's second goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63493688|title=West Ham finish European group with 100% record|first=Gary|last=Rose|website=BBC Sport|date=3 November 2022|accessdate=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cy9vej9qy4yo|title='Proud to be a Hammer'|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 November 2022|access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref>
On 16 March 2023, he scored his first senior competitive goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League in a 4–0 win against AEK Larnaca, after coming on as a substitute.<ref name="BBC Sport 160323">{{cite web | title=Bowen double sees West Ham cruise into last eight | website=BBC Sport | date=16 March 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64969928 | access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="Whufirstgoal">{{cite web | title=Mubama: I'm buzzing to score my first senior goal for West Ham! | website=West Ham United F.C. | url=https://www.whufc.com/news/mubama-im-buzzing-score-my-first-senior-goal-west-ham | access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> Mubama was a member of the team which won the 2023 FA Youth Cup, defeating Arsenal 5–1 at the Emirates Stadium in April 2023.<ref name="BBC Sport Youthfinal">{{cite web | title=West Ham thrash Arsenal to win FA Youth Cup | website=BBC Sport | date=25 April 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65394243 | access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> Having scored a hat-trick in the previous round against Southampton, Mubama finished top-scorer in the competition.<ref>{{cite web | title=FA Youth Cup live blog | date=6 April 2023 | url=https://www.whufc.com/news/fa-youth-cup-it-happened-u18s-6-1-southampton | publisher=West Ham United F.C. | access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
On 30 June 2024, West Ham announced that Mubama would leave the club at the end of his contract finishing that day.<ref>{{cite web | title=Johnson and Mubama to leave West Ham United | website=West Ham United F.C. | date=30 June 2024 | url=https://www.whufc.com/news/johnson-and-mubama-leave-west-ham-united | access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref>
===Manchester City=== On 29 August 2024, Mubama confirmed he had signed for Manchester City. West Ham received a £2 million compensation fee as part of Mubama's move.<ref>{{cite web | title=Why Man City have signed striker and transfer fee confirmed as new player announces own move | publisher=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-signed-striker-transfer-29831076 | date=29 August 2024 | access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> Mubama made his Man City debut on 11 January 2025, starting and then scoring in a 8–0 FA Cup third round home victory over EFL League Two side Salford City.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stone |first=Simon |title=Manchester City 8-0 Salford City: Jack Grealish ends drought in FA Cup romp |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/crmngkjg221t |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 January 2025|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref>
====Stoke City (loan)==== On 5 July 2025, Mubama joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on loan for the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mubama becomes City's new number nine | publisher=Stoke City F.C. |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/july/05/mubama-becomes-citys-new-number-nine/ | date=5 July 2025 | access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref> On 9 August, he marked his debut for the club with a goal, scoring the second in a 3–1 home win against Derby County in the opening game of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2025/august/09/debutants-deliver-to-down-derby/ |title=Debutants deliver to down Derby |publisher=Stoke City F.C. |date=9 August 2025 |access-date=10 August 2025}}</ref> He scored his first hat-trick in senior football on 1 November 2025 in a 5–1 victory against Bristol City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke City 5–1 Bristol City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c9wv1z4vpzkt |website=BBC Sport |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref> His season was disrupted after a serious leg injury he suffered against Queens Park Rangers on 17 January 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=I've got to find a way of patching the team up - Robins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpqy5ygywwlo |website=BBC Sport |access-date=4 May 2026}}</ref>
==International career== Born in England, Mubama is of DR Congolese descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leopardleader.com/divin-mubama-un-hammer-affute/|title=Divin Mubama, un Hammer affuté|date=April 7, 2023}}</ref> He has represented England at under-15, under-16, under-18, under-19 level.<ref>{{soccerway|divin-mubama/620494|accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref>
On 12 October 2023, Mubama made his England U20 debut during a 2–0 away defeat to Romania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2023/Oct/12/england-mens-elite-league-squad-romania-report-20231012|website=Englandfootball.com|accessdate=13 October 2023|date=12 October 2023|title= Report: Romania 2-0 England's Elite League squad}}</ref>
On 29 August 2025, Mubama was called up to the England under-21s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2025/Aug/29/england-mens-under-21s-squad-announced-for-kazakhstan-game-in-september-20252908|title=England MU21s squad named for Kazakhstan trip|first=The Football|last=Association|website=www.englandfootball.com}}</ref> He made his debut during a 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win away to Kazakhstan on 8 September 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2025/Sep/08/england-under-21s-kazakhstan-watch-live-match-report-20250809#:~:text=Lee%20Carsley's%20Young%20Lions%20kicked,EURO%20title%20with%20a%20win&text=A%20quickfire%20double%20helped%20England,at%20the%20Aktobe%20Ortalyk%20Stadion.|website=Englandfootball.com|accessdate=9 October 2025|date=8 September 2023|title= Report: Kazakhstan 0-2 England MU21s}}</ref>
==Personal life== Mubama attended St Bonaventure's in Forest Gate, the same school that Jermain Defoe, Chris Hughton and Chuba Akpom attended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/sport/21430768.school-sport-st-bonaventures-essex-cup-kings/|title=School Sport: St Bonaventure's are Essex Cup kings!|publisher=Newham Recorder|date=3 May 2018|accessdate=3 November 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 20 March 2026}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|EFL Cup !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|West Ham United U21s |2022–23<ref name="2022-23">{{soccerbase season|165926|2022|access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||0||2||0 |- |2023–24<ref name="2023-24"/> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||2||2||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||2||4||2 |- |rowspan="3"|West Ham United |2022–23<ref name="2022-23"/> |Premier League |3||0||1||0||0||0||2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}}||1||colspan=2|—||6||1 |- |2023–24<ref name="2023-24">{{soccerbase season|165926|2023|access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> |Premier League |5||0||2||0||1||0||4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan=2|—||12||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !8||0||3||0||1||0||6||1||colspan=2|—||18||1 |- |Manchester City U21s |2024–25<ref name="2024-25">{{soccerbase season|165926|2024|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> |colspan="3"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=EFLT|}}||0||1||0 |- |Manchester City |2024–25<ref name="2024-25"/> |Premier League |1||0||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||1 |- |Stoke City (loan) |2025–26<ref name="2025-26">{{soccerbase season|165926|2025|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> |Championship |26||5||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||5 |- !colspan=3|Career total !35!!5!!5!!1!!2!!0!!6!!1!!5!!2!!53!!9 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''West Ham United U18''' *FA Youth Cup: 2022–23<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.whufc.com/news/west-ham-united-outgun-arsenal-win-2023-fa-youth-cup|title=West Ham United outgun Arsenal to win 2023 FA Youth Cup | West Ham United F.C.|website=www.whufc.com}}</ref> *U18 Premier League South: 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/west-ham-united-u18-premier-league-south-champions|title=West Ham United - U18 Premier League South champions!|publisher=West Ham United F.C.|date=15 April 2023|accessdate=16 April 2023}}</ref>
'''West Ham United''' *UEFA Europa Conference League: 2022–23<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65826820|title=Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final|first=Simon|last=Stone|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 June 2023|access-date=7 June 2023}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *West Ham United Young Player of the Year: 2022–23<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/divin-mubama-wins-202223-mark-noble-award-young-hammer-year|title=Divin Mubama wins the 2022/23 Mark Noble Award for the Young Hammer of the Year|website=West Ham United F.C.|date=23 May 2023|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{UEFA player}}
{{Manchester City F.C. squad}}
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