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Dieumerci Mbokani Personal information Full name Dieudonne Mbokani Bezua[1] Date of birth 22 November 1985 Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
(now DR Congo)Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Anderlecht Number 25 Youth career Bel'Or Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004 Bel'Or 27 (21) 2005–2007 Mazembe 72 (67) 2006–2007 → Anderlecht (loan) 9 (4) 2007–2010 Standard Liège 81 (35) 2010–2011 Monaco 10 (1) 2011 → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 7 (0) 2011– Anderlecht 2 (1) National team‡ 2006– DR Congo 15 (5) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:02, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Dieudonne "Dieumerci" Mbokani Bezua (born 22 November 1985 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Anderlecht.
He has previously played for VfL Wolfsburg, Monaco, Standard Liège and TP Mazembe.
Career
He began his career in Kinshasa at Bel'Or and scored 21 goals in 27 games before attracting the attention of Lubumbashi club TP Mazembe. Over the course of two seasons he scored 67 goals in 72 games and led TP Mazembe to the 2006 Linafoot Championship. His nickname is HomoPaokus.
In the 2006–07 season he made 9 appearances for R.S.C. Anderlecht and scored 4 goals, including hat-trick against K.S.K. Beveren on 7 May 2007.
The name Dieumerci means "Thank you God". After only 9 appearances and 4 goals at R.S.C. Anderlecht he joined Standard de Liège and he scored 35 goals in 81 league appearances.
On 30 July 2010, Mbokani signed a deal with French side AS Monaco.[2]
On 9 August 2011 he signed a contract with Anderlecht for a fee of €3 million, stating that he looked forward to playing together again with his friend Milan Jovanović.[3] The start of his spell at Anderlecht was dramatic, first injuring himself during one of his first training sessions, meaning he would be sidelined for at least two months. [4] Then, about one week later his five months old son, David Mbokani, died of a heart attack in his sleep. [5]
References
- ^ "Dieudonne Mbokani Bezua". Ligue 1. http://www.ligue1.com/joueur/mbokani-bezua-dieudonne. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Mbokani moves to Monaco". BBC Sport. 7 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8894662.stm. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "Mbokani s'annonce à Anderlecht" (in French). L'Équipe. 9 August 2011. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110809_121529_mbokani-s-annonce-a-anderlecht.html. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Mbokani sidelined already for a while" (in dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-15. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1088325.
- ^ "Son of Mbokani dies" (in dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-24. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1094673.
External links
- Career history at National Football Teams
- Dieumerci Mbokani – UEFA competition record
- Dieumerci Mbokani – FIFA competition record
R.S.C. Anderlecht – current squad 1 Proto · 2 Mazuch · 3 Deschacht · 4 Samuel · 5 Biglia · 6 Diogo · 7 Molins · 8 Odoi · 9 Suárez · 10 Kanu · 11 Jovanović · 12 Chatelle · 16 Kouyaté · 17 Yakovenko · 18 Mareček · 19 Kljestan · 20 Safari · 21 De Sutter · 22 Schollen · 23 Juhász · 25 Mbokani · 27 Wasilewski · 28 Cordier · 30 Gillet · 39 Badibanga · 42 Musonda · 55 Canesin · 70 Vargas · 77 Reynaldo · Manager: Jacobs
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- TP Mazembe players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Standard Liège players
- AS Monaco FC players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- People from Kinshasa
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Belgian Pro League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs
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