Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo (born 7 June 1990, in Brussels) is a Congolese football player of Belgian descent who is a free agent.

Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo
Personal information
Full name Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo
Date of birth (1990-06-07) 7 June 1990
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stade Lausanne Ouchy
Youth career
–2006 Anderlecht
2006–2007 FC Brussels
2007–2008 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Portsmouth 0 (0)
2008 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 14 (3)
2009–2011 Standard Liège 2 (1)
2010–2011 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 28 (1)
2011–2012 Cercle Brugge 8 (0)
2012–2013 Rijeka 20 (0)
2014–2015 Istra 5 (0)
2015 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 15 (2)
2015–2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 19 (1)
2017–2018 RNK Split
2018–2019 Partick Thistle 9 (0)
2019– Stade Lausanne Ouchy
International career‡
2007 Belgium U19 3 (0)
2011– DR Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2012-08-14

Career

Mbuyi-Mutombo began his career in the youth from Anderlecht, then in 2006 joined FC Brussels. After one year at Strombeek he was scouted and signed for Portsmouth. Mbuyi was sent on loan from Portsmouth to feeder club Zulte Waregem on 22 August 2008.[1] He scored on his debut for Waregem, scoring in the 89th minute against Mechelen, just minutes after being substituted into the game.[2] He scored yet again in his next match against Tubize. After only six months, the Congolese midfielder returned to Portsmouth from Zulte Waregem, where he played 14 games and scored three goals.[3] Mutombo was supposed to stay in Belgium on loan until June, but the Belgian club officials were not happy with his attitude.[4]

Following his release, he underwent trials at Dutch Eredivisie side NEC.[5] He was linked with moves to Genoa, Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Braga. On 19 June 2009, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder joined Standard Liège on a two-year deal.[6]

On 11 December 2011, Mbuyi-Mutombo moved to Cercle Brugge on a one-year deal. After spells with Rijeka, Istra and Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, he signed a one-year deal with Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 30 July 2015.[7] He scored his first goal for Inverness in a 2–0 Scottish Cup win over Stirling Albion on 19 January 2016.[8] Mutombo returned to Scotland in August 2018 signing a one-year deal with Partick Thistle.[9] Mutombo left Thistle in January 2019 having scored 3 goals in all competitions.[10]

International

He was a youth international for Belgium,[11] at under-19 level.

In 2011, he made his debut for the DR Congo national team.[12][13]

References
  1. "Zulte Waregem strikt Mbuyi-Mutombo".
  2. "SV Zulte Waregem". Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  3. "Résultats et classements - Division 1A - Football - Sudinfo.be".
  4. "Mutombo makes Pompey return".
  5. "NEC heeft drie proefspelers waaronder Mutombo - V-Bal!". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  6. "MUTOMBO". Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  7. "Inverness CT boss John Hughes recruits Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  8. "Inverness CT 2–0 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  9. "SIGNING NEWS: Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo is a Jag".
  10. "Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo leaves the Club".
  11. "Match reports". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  12. "Fútbol Africano: 26 Leopardos para amistoso con Gambia". 27 July 2011.
  13. "Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo". National-Football-Teams.com.
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