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Mbo Mpenza Personal information Full name Mbo Jérôme Mpenza Date of birth 4 December 1976 [1] Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] Playing position Striker Youth career Mesvins 1989–1993 Kortrijk Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993–1996 Kortrijk 73 (34) 1996–1997 Mouscron 30 (12) 1997–1999 Standard Liège 52 (20) 2000–2001 Sporting Lisbon 35 (3) 2001 Galatasaray 0 (0) 2002–2004 Mouscron 62 (27) 2004–2008 Anderlecht 86 (20) 2008 Larissa 0 (0) Total 338 (116) National team 1997–2007 Belgium 56 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mbo Jérôme Mpenza (born 4 December 1976) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker. He was capped by Belgium at international level, scoring three goals in 56 appearances. His younger brother, Émile, is also a footballer who has represented Belgium.
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Club career
During the start of his career, Mbo shared clubs with Émile, until he eventually left Standard Liège for Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he won the 2000 league championship as a January transfer. He was once nicknamed Monsieur Un But Par Match (Mr. One-Goal-A-Match) for his regular club scoring exploits. Had an uneventful stint in Turkey, playing almost no part in Galatasaray S.K.'s season during the first part of 2001–02. He subsequently returned to Belgium, and served second stints with R.E. Mouscron (one half season) and R.S.C. Anderlecht (four).
In July 2008, Mpenza joined Greek Super League outfit Larissa FC. On 8 December 2008 Mpenza announced his retirement due to a back-injury. At this time he had not played a game for Larissa FC yet, due to the same injury.[3]
After football
Mpenza is now working at Anderlecht as a scout following his retirement.[4]
International career
Mpenza also played for the Belgium national football team since 1997, for which he scored his first goal in a friendly against Greece in August 2005. He represented his adopted nation in two World Cups and in UEFA Euro 2000, held in his country and the Netherlands (with brother Émile in the final squads for 1998 and 2000's competitions). He collected 56 caps (66 selections).
References
- ^ "Mbo Mpenza". Voetbal International. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Mbo-Mpenza.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ "Mbo Jerome Mpenza". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/mbo-mpenza/4592/. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ "Pijnlijke rug noopt Mbo Mpenza tot einde loopbaan" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 8 December 2008. http://www.vi.nl/NieuwsItem/PijnlijkeRugNooptMboMpenzaTotEindeLoopbaan.htm. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Mbo Mpenza wordt scout Anderlecht" (in Dutch). voetbalbelgie.be. http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=18999. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
Belgium squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 De Wilde • 2 Crasson • 3 Staelens • 4 Vidović • 5 Borkelmans • 6 Van der Elst • 7 Wilmots • 8 Oliveira • 9 M. Mpenza • 10 Nilis • 11 Van Kerckhoven • 12 Vande Walle • 13 Verlinden • 14 Scifo(c) • 15 Clement • 16 De Boeck • 17 Verstraeten • 18 Verheyen • 19 Van Meir • 20 E. Mpenza • 21 Boffin • 22 Deflandre • Coach: LeekensBelgium squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 De Wilde • 2 Deflandre • 3 Valgaeren • 4 Staelens • 5 Clement • 6 Vanderhaeghe • 7 Wilmots • 8 Goor • 9 E. Mpenza • 10 Strupar • 11 Verheyen • 12 De Vlieger • 13 Herpoel • 14 Walem • 15 Peeters • 16 Nilis • 17 Léonard • 18 Van Kerckhoven • 19 Van Meir • 20 De Bilde • 21 M. Mpenza • 22 Hendrikx • Coach: WaseigeBelgium squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 De Vlieger • 2 Deflandre • 3 De Boeck • 4 Van Meir • 5 Van Kerckhoven • 6 Simons • 7 Wilmots (c) • 8 Goor • 9 Sonck • 10 Walem • 11 Verheyen • 12 Van Der Heyden • 13 Vandendriessche • 14 Vermant • 15 Peeters • 16 Van Buyten • 17 Englebert • 18 Vanderhaeghe • 19 Thijs • 20 Strupar • 21 Boffin • 22 Mpenza • 23 Herpoel • Coach: WaseigeCategories:- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian expatriates in Portugal
- Belgian expatriates in Turkey
- Belgian Pro League players
- Belgian Second Division footballers
- Belgian footballers
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium
- Belgium international footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Association football forwards
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- Naturalised citizens of Belgium
- People from Brussels
- People from Kinshasa
- Primeira Liga players
- R.E. Mouscron players
- Standard Liège players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Larissa F.C. players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in Turkey
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