Cedrick Mabwati

Cedrick

Cedrick in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Cedrick Mabwati Gerard
Date of birth	(1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Marbella
Youth career
2004–2005	Santa Marta
2005–2008	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Atlético Madrid B	54	(4)
2010–2011	Atlético Madrid	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Numancia (loan)	40	(9)
2011–2013	Numancia	68	(4)
2013–2015	Betis	23	(0)
2014–2015	→ Osasuna (loan)	14	(0)
2015–2016	Columbus Crew	30	(2)
2015	→ Osasuna (loan)	16	(0)
2017	UCAM Murcia	4	(0)
2018–2019	Internacional Madrid	6	(0)
2020	Tudelano	0	(0)
2021–2022	Avilés	49	(4)
2022–	Marbella	6	(0)
International career
2009–2012	DR Congo U20	4	(0)
2014–2016	DR Congo	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:15, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Cedrick Mabwati Gerard (born 8 March 1992), known simply as Cedrick, is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Marbella FC as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Kinshasa, Cedrick arrived in Spain in his early teens, moving with his family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and joining Atlético Madrid's youth system at the age of 13. He made his senior debut only three years later, going on to spend two full seasons with the reserves in the Segunda División B. ^[1]

On 6 January 2010, not yet aged 18, Cedrick made his first-team debut with the Colchoneros, against Recreativo de Huelva in the round of 16 of Copa del Rey: after committing a penalty in the early minutes of the game, he was replaced shortly after by manager Quique Sánchez Flores in an eventual 3–0 away loss (5–4 aggregate win). ^[2] In the ensuing summer, he was loaned to Segunda División club CD Numancia in a season-long move. ^[3]

Cedrick was first choice during his three-year spell in Soria, scoring nine goals in his first season. ^[4] On 10 June 2013, he bought out his contract with Numancia for a mere €1,20 and signed with Real Betis. ^[5] He made his La Liga debut on 18 August by starting in a 2–1 defeat at Real Madrid, ^[6] and totalled 1,129 minutes of action in 12 starts as the Andalusians were relegated. ^[7]

On 28 August 2014, Cedrick was loaned to CA Osasuna also in division two. ^[8] On 30 January of the following year, he signed for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew, but remained on loan to the Navarrese until the end of the campaign. ^{[9] [10]}

Cedrick returned to Spain and its second tier on 27 December 2016, after agreeing to a six-month deal with UCAM Murcia CF. ^[11] He remained in the country the following years after recovering from a serious knee injury, representing in quick succession Internacional de Madrid, CD Tudelano and Real Avilés CF. ^{[12] [13]}

International career

Aged only 17, Cedrick started appearing with the DR Congo under-20s. He made his debut for the full team on 6 September 2014, starting in a 2–0 home loss against Cameroon in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying phase.

Cedrick played all six matches in the final stages in Equatorial Guinea, ^[14] helping his country to the third place. In the last, against the hosts, he converted his penalty shoot-out attempt in a 4–2 win. ^[15]

Honours

Columbus Crew

• Eastern Conference: 2015 ^{[16] [17]}

DR Congo

• Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2015 ^[15]

References

1. Cedric, el fichaje de un euro que se salió en el Bernabéu (Cedric, the one-euro signing who made a splash at the Bernabéu); Libertad Digital, 20 August 2013 (in Spanish)
2. Recreativo humilló al Atlético Madrid por la Copa (Recreativo humiliated Atlético Madrid for the Cup); ESPN Deportes, 6 January 2010 (in Spanish)
3. El Numancia ficha al delantero Cedric Mabwati, del Atlético de Madrid (Numancia sign forward Cedric Mabwati, from Atlético de Madrid); Diario AS, 4 August 2010 (in Spanish)
4. El delantero Álex Geijo acaba en la cuarta plaza de la clasificación de realizadores (Forward Álex Geijo finishes in fourth place in scoring charts); Ideal, 4 June 2011 (in Spanish)
5. Cedrick paga su cláusula de... ¡1,20 euros! (Cedrick pays his... 1,20 euro clause!); Marca, 10 June 2013 (in Spanish)
6. Crónica del Real Madrid – Betis, 2–1 (Real Madrid – Betis match report, 2–1); Europa Press, 18 August 2013 (in Spanish)
7. Al Betis sólo le queda fijar la fecha del descenso (4–2) (Betis only need to know time and day of relegation (4–2)); ABC, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish)
8. Cedrick jugará cedido en el CA Osasuna (Cedrick will play on loan at CA Osasuna) Archived 30 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine ; CA Osasuna, 28 August 2014 (in Spanish)
9. Crew SC acquires Cedrick Mabwati; Columbus Crew, 30 January 2015
10. Cedrick, traspasado al Columbus, seguirá cedido en Osasuna (Cedrick, transferred to Columbus, will continue in Osasuna on loan); Diario de Navarra, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
11. Cedrick se incorpora al UCAM Murcia (Cedrick added to UCAM Murcia); UCAM Murcia, 27 December 2016 (in Spanish)
12. El Real Avilés ficha a Cedrick Mabwati (Real Avilés sign Cedrick Mabwati); El Comercio, 23 December 2020 (in Spanish)
13. Cedrick Mabwati, el fichaje de 1,20 euros que busca resucitar en Tercera (Cedrick Mabwati, the 1,20 euro signing looking to come back to life in Tercera); Diario AS, 7 January 2021 (in Spanish)
14. 2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad; BBC Sport, 9 January 2015
15. DR Congo spot-on to deny Equatorial Guinea third place in low-key affair; The Guardian, 7 February 2015
16. Meram, Mabwati lead Crew over Red Bulls in first leg of MLS Eastern finals; Sports Illustrated, 22 November 2015
17. New York Red Bulls 1, Columbus Crew SC 0 | MLS Cup Playoffs Recap; Major League Soccer, 29 November 2015

External links

• Cedrick Mabwati at BDFutbol
• Cedrick Mabwati at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Cedrick Mabwati at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Cedrick Mabwati at Major League Soccer
• Cedrick Mabwati at National-Football-Teams.com
• Cedrick Mabwati at Soccerway