Chancel Mbemba
Congolese footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chancel Mangulu Mbemba (born 8 August 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and serves as captain for the DR Congo national team.
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Mbemba with Anderlecht in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Chancel Mangulu Mbemba[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 29)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, full-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | E.S. La Grace | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Mputu | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | MK Etanchéité | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Anderlecht | 63 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Newcastle United | 54 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Porto | 87 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Marseille | 61 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012– | DR Congo | 85 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
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Mbemba began his professional career Anderlecht, where he won the Belgian Pro League in his debut season of 2013–14. A year later, he moved to Newcastle United, where he played in the Premier League and won the Championship in 2017. In four years at Porto, he won the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal double in 2020 and 2022.
A full international for DR Congo since 2012, Mbemba has earned over 80 caps and represented the country at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, finishing third in 2015.