Omenuke Mfulu

Omenuke Mfulu (born 20 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Las Palmas. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.

Omenuke Mfulu
Mfulu with DR Congo U21 in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2013 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lille B 3 (0)
2013–2017 Reims B 45 (1)
2014–2017 Reims 20 (0)
2017–2019 Red Star 48 (0)
2019–2021 Elche 42 (0)
2021– Las Palmas 34 (0)
International career‡
2012–2014 DR Congo U21 6 (0)
2020– DR Congo 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:00, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Mfulu moved to Reims from Lille OSC in the summer of 2013, and did enough with the reserve team to earn a three-year professional contract with the Ligue 1 club the following January.[2] He made his professional debut as a substitute in a 0–0 draw with OGC Nice on 22 November 2014.[3] His full debut came on 16 May 2015 in a 1–0 victory over Rennes.[4]

After four years with Reims, Mfulu signed for Red Star in Championnat National on 5 August 2017.[5] On 17 June 2019, he moved to Spain and signed for Elche CF.[6]

On 2 August 2021, Mfulu signed a two-year contract with UD Las Palmas.[7]

International career

Born in France, Mfulu is of Congolese descent. On 9 October 2020, he represented the DR Congo national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Burkina Faso.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 May 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 000000—00
2014–15 Ligue 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 — 8 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 130101 0—150
Total 200201000230
Red Star 2017–18 National 1 2100010—220
2018–19 Ligue 2 27010——280
Total 480101000500
Elche 2019–20 Segunda División 18030—4[lower-alpha 1]0250
2020–21 La Liga 20020——220
Total 380500040470
Career total 10608020401200
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

International
As of match played 24 June 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
DR Congo 202010
202310
Total20

References
  1. "Omenuke Mfulu" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. "SdR. MFulu signe professionnel" (in French). L'Union. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. "Nice vs. Reims - 22 November 2014 - Soccerway".
  4. "Reims vs. Rennes - 16 May 2015 - Soccerway".
  5. "Transferts : Omenuke Mfulu, de Reims au Red Star" (in French). L'Equipe. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. "OFICIAL | Omenuke Mfulu, nuevo jugador del Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Omenuke Mfulu, new player of Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  7. "Acuerdo con Omenuke Mfulu para su incorporación a la UD Las Palmas" [Agreement with Omenuke Mfulu for his signing for UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "Burkina Faso vs RD Congo - Amicaux internationaux - 09 Octobre 2020". fr.besoccer.com.
  9. Omenuke Mfulu at Soccerway
  10. Omenuke Mfulu at National-Football-Teams.com


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