Ganvoula with VfL Bochum in 2019
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| Full name | Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brazzaville, Congo | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||
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Current team | Young Boys | ||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Centre de Gothia | ||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Patronage Sainte-Anne | ||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Raja Casablanca | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Patronage Sainte-Anne | ||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Raja Casablanca | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Elazığspor | 16 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Westerlo | 20 | (7) | ||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Anderlecht | 9 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2017 | → Westerlo (loan) | 6 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Mechelen (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 21 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2019–2023 | VfL Bochum | 82 | (15) | ||||||||
| 2022 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2023– | Young Boys | 35 | (9) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Congo U17 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Congo U20 | 3 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2014– | Congo | 22 | (5) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024 | |||||||||||
Silvère Ganvoula M'boussy (born 29 June 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Congo national team.[1]
Ganvoula signed with Elazığspor on 5 July 2015.[2]
He joined R.S.C. Anderlecht on a season long loan from Mechelen in 2017.[3] and scored twice against his parent club in February 2018 [4] He scored the winner for Anderlecht after coming on a substitute in a 2–1 win against Royal Antwerp in the Belgian First Division A on 11 March 2018.[5]
In July 2018, Ganvoula joined 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum on loan for the 2018–19 season. Bochum secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[6] In July 2019 Ganvoula was signed by Bochum.[7] The following season, Ganvoula was Bochum's leading scorer with 13 goals in league play and 16 goals in all competitions – including a hat-trick against KSV Baunatal in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[8]
In January 2022, he signed for Belgian First Division A club Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season.[9]
In autumn 2017 Ganvoula had to cope with the loss of his father and only played 15 minutes between October and December for Anderlecht.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Elazığspor | 2015–16 | TFF First League | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 5 | ||
| Westerlo (loan) | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||
| Mechelen (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Anderlecht | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
| VfL Bochum (loan) | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 16 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 82 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 18 | ||
| Cercle Brugge (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Young Boys | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10[a] | 1 | — | 49 | 12 | |
| Career total | 203 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 234 | 52 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Congo | 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 5 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 1 June 2014 | Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo |  Namibia |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 17 November 2019 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Guinea-Bissau |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 7 September 2021 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Senegal |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 10 September 2023 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Gambia |
2–0 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 17 November 2023 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia |  Zambia |
1–1 | 2–4 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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