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Omenuke Mfulu

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Omenuke Mfulu
Mfulu with DR Congo U21 in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Deportivo La Coruña
Number 12
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 38 (0)
2021–2024 Las Palmas 63 (0)
2024– Deportivo La Coruña 0 (0)
International career
2012–2014 DR Congo U21 6 (0)
2020– DR Congo 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:00, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Omenuke Mfulu (born 20 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Segunda División club Deportivo de La Coruña. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.

Early life

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Mfulu was born in Poissy, France, to Congolese parents. He acquired French nationality on 27 September 2004, through the collective effect of his father's naturalization.[2]

Club career

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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.[3] He made his professional debut as a substitute in a 0–0 draw with OGC Nice on 22 November 2014.[4] His full debut came on 16 May 2015 in a 1–0 victory over Rennes.[5]

After four years with Reims, Mfulu signed for Red Star in Championnat National on 5 August 2017.[6] On 17 June 2019, he moved to Spain and signed for Elche CF.[7]

On 2 August 2021, Mfulu signed a two-year contract with UD Las Palmas.[8] On 5 August 2024, he agreed to a two-year deal with Deportivo de La Coruña.[9]

International career

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On 9 October 2020, he represented the DR Congo national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Burkina Faso.[10]

On 27 December 2023, Mfulu was included in the final 24-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[11] He started his nation's first match at the tournament, a 1–1 draw with Zambia on 17 January 2024.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 7 January 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Ligue 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 13 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
Total 20 0 2 0 1 0 23 0
Red Star 2017–18 National 1 21 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
2018–19 Ligue 2 27 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
Total 48 0 1 0 1 0 50 0
Elche 2019–20 Segunda División 18 0 3 0 4[c] 0 25 0
2020–21 La Liga 20 0 2 0 22 0
Total 38 0 5 0 4 0 47 0
Las Palmas 2021–22 Segunda División 30 0 0 0 30 0
2022–23 Segunda División 30 0 1 0 31 0
2023–24 La Liga 5 0 3 0 8 0
Total 65 0 4 0 69 0
Career total 171 0 12 0 2 0 4 0 189 0

International

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As of match played 24 June 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
DR Congo 2020 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

References

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  1. ^ "Omenuke Mfulu" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ "JORF n° 0227 du 29 septembre 2004 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 16751. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ "SdR. MFulu signe professionnel" (in French). L'Union. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Nice vs. Reims - 22 November 2014 - Soccerway".
  5. ^ "Reims vs. Rennes - 16 May 2015 - Soccerway".
  6. ^ "Transferts : Omenuke Mfulu, de Reims au Red Star" (in French). L'Equipe. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Mfulu, potencia para el centro del campo del Dépor" [Mfulu, power to Dépor's centre of midfield] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Burkina Faso vs RD Congo - Amicaux internationaux - 09 Octobre 2020". fr.besoccer.com.
  11. ^ "ARDC : la liste de 24 pour la CAN 2023 dévoilée !". 27 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Congo DR 1-1 Zambia". CAF Online. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. ^ Omenuke Mfulu at Soccerway
  14. ^ Omenuke Mfulu at National-Football-Teams.com
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