{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Short description|Ugandan footballer (born 1994)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Joseph Mpande | image = Mpande 2026.jpg | caption = Mpande in 2026 | fullname = Joseph Mpande Mbolimbo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|03|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kampala, Uganda | height = 1.83 m | currentclub = PVF-CAND | clubnumber = 10 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = Villa | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2011–2015 | clubs2 = Vipers | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = Horizon | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = Hanthawady United | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 17 | years5 = 2019–2024 | clubs5 = Haiphong | caps5 = 108 | goals5 = 34 | years6 = 2024–2025 | clubs6 = Nam Dinh | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = PVF-CAND | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2012– | nationalteam1 = Uganda | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 7 February 2026 | ntupdate = 14 November 2025 }} '''Joseph Mpande Mbolimbo''' (born 12 March 1994) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club PVF-CAND<ref>{{cite web |title=CLB Hải Phòng bị cựu tuyển thủ Jamaica kiện lên FIFA |url=https://znews.vn/clb-hai-phong-bi-cuu-tuyen-thu-jamaica-kien-len-fifa-post916980.html |website=news.zing.vn}}</ref> and the Uganda national team.
==Club career== After leaving Myanmar Premier League, Mpande moved to V.League 1 and play for Haiphong, where he made more than 100 appearances for the team. In July 2024, he signed for V.League 1 fellow Thep Xanh Nam Dinh.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bongdaplus.vn/v-league/nam-dinh-tau-ngoai-binh-da-nang-nhat-v-league-4393632407.html | title=Nam Định tậu ngoại binh đa năng nhất V.League | publisher=Bongdaplus | date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
==International career== In January 2014, coach Milutin Sredojević had included Mpande to Uganda national team's squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.<ref name="kkkkkkkkk">{{cite web|url=http://www.kawowo.com/index.php/football/16844/16844.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140211135431/http://www.kawowo.com/index.php/football/16844/16844.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2014 |title=Uganda Cranes Regroup For CHAN 2014 Preparations |publisher=kawowo.com |access-date=11 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="jjj">{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sports/2014-01/05/c_133018954.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221213556/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sports/2014-01/05/c_133018954.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 21, 2014 | title=Uganda makes changes in squad for 2014 Africa Nations Championship | publisher=xinhuanet.com | access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref> The team placed third in the group stage of the competition after beating Burkina Faso, drawing with Zimbabwe and losing to Morocco.<ref name="kkkk">{{cite web | url=http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/footballafrica/id/1365?cc=3888 | title=Uganda's impressive CHAN start | publisher=espnfc.com | access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="jikujuj">{{cite web | url=http://www.goal.com/en-za/match/125934/zimbabwe-vs-uganda/preview | title=Zimbabwe vs Uganda Preview | publisher=goal.com/ | access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>
On 29 August 2025, Mpande got called up for the Uganda national team after 11 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LTQhVDwGg/ | title=❤️ Chúc mừng Joseph Mpande được triệu tập lên ĐTQG Uganda, chuẩn bị cho vòng loại World Cup 2026 khu vực châu Phi. | publisher=PVF-CAND | work=Facebook | date=29 August 2025 | accessdate=31 August 2025 | language=vi}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {{updated|match played 8 September 2025}}<ref name=NFT>{{NFT player|id=49978|name=Joseph Mpande |accessdate=6 September 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=4|Uganda |2012||1||0 |- |2013||12||0 |- |2014||2||0 |- |2025||2||0 |- !colspan=2|Total||17||0 |}
==Honours== '''Vipers''' *Uganda Premier League: 2014–15 *Ugandan Super Cup: 2015 '''Thép Xanh Nam Định''' * V.League 1: 2024–25 * Vietnamese Super Cup: 2024 '''Individual''' *Myanmar National League top scorer: 2018
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|298889}} * {{NFT|49978}}
{{PVF-CAND FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mpande, Joseph}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Uganda men's A' international footballers Category:2014 African Nations Championship players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Ugandan men's footballers Category:21st-century Ugandan sportsmen Category:Uganda men's international footballers Category:Footballers from Kampala Category:Myanmar National League players Category:Hantharwady United F.C. players Category:V.League 1 players Category:Haiphong FC players Category:Nam Định F.C. players Category:Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Category:Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Myanmar Category:Ugandan expatriate men's footballers