Mustapha Bundu


Mustapha Bundu is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aarhus GF in the Danish Superliga.

Youth

The native of Freetown, Sierra Leone, spent his youth football playing in the Craig Bellamy Foundation before obtaining a student visa to study at Hartpury College to further pursue his football career.
He graduated from Hartpury College in 2016, scoring 18 goals in six outings in the English Schools' FA Cup.

Club career

Hereford FC

Bundu spent a season at Hereford, winning three trophies and reaching the FA Vase final in 2016. Work authorization restrictions only allowed him to ply his trade in a club no higher than the 5th tier in the English football league system which forced him to leave Hereford. The goalscorer returned briefly to spectate one of their games, a 6–0 defeat of Bridgwater Town F.C. in the Southern Football League.
When visiting a friend, he featured for Newquay A.F.C. once, netting two goals in less than thirty minutes as a substitute. Then coach Sash Wheatman acclaimed him as 'the best player he's had the privilege of watching at this level of football', adding 'it was like bringing on Ronaldo on or Gareth Bale- he was streets ahead.'

AGF

Bundu went on a trial with AGF in the start of August 2016. After a successful trial, he signed a contract with the club on 31 August 2016.
In an away defeat to Brondby IF, he made his Danish Superliga debut as a substitute on 23 October 2016. He came on the pitch in the 78th minute, replacing Martin Spelmann. In December 2016, Bundu extended his contract until 2021.

International career

Bundu received his first international call-up in August 2018, being a member of a preliminary squad. However, he did not make the final 23-man squad. He made his debut in a 3–1 World Cup qualifying loss to Liberia on 4 September 2019.