Emmanuel Longelo

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Emmanuel Longelo
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Longelo warming up for West Ham United in 2021
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Longelo Mbule [1]
Date of birth (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth Barking, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) [2]
Position(s) Left back, wing-back, left winger
Team information
Current team
Cambridge United
(on loan from Birmingham City)
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2020 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 West Ham United 0 (0)
2022–2023Birmingham City (loan) 15 (1)
2023– Birmingham City 25 (0)
2024–Cambridge United (loan) 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Emmanuel Longelo Mbule (born 27 December 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League One club Cambridge United, on loan from divisional rivals Birmingham City. Longelo began his career with West Ham United and played first-team football in the EFL Cup and the Europa League before joining Birmingham City, initially on loan, in 2022.

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Club career

West Ham United

Longelo started playing Sunday league football as a nine-year old for Euro Dagenham. He joined West Ham United's under-10 side playing as a midfielder and scored five goals on his debut, against Chelsea. Due to his pace he was moved to play as a striker. Playing for West Ham's under-23 team, Longelo played as a left-back. [3] On 21 September 2020, Longelo made his debut for West Ham in a 5–1 EFL Cup win against Hull City. [4]

Birmingham City

He joined Birmingham City on a season-long loan on 30 August 2022. [5] After recovering from injuries suffered earlier in the season, [6] he made his debut on 1 October, starting at left wing-back in a 1–1 draw away to Championship leaders Sheffield United. [7] In a 2–0 win over Queens Park Rangers on 28 October, he "received the ball on the left, twisted and turned past Ethan Laird and then found the bottom-right corner with a low curling finish" [8] to score his first senior goal, and later gave away a penalty which was saved by John Ruddy. [9]

Longelo signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Birmingham City on 31 January 2023. The fee, officially undisclosed, was reported by football.london as £400,000. [10] [11] He lost his place for a time, but came back into the team at the end of the season, which he finished with 23 league appearances. [12] [13] [14] He began the 2023–24 season as a regular in the matchday squad, [15] and he and Cody Drameh had a run in the starting eleven when both full back, Ethan Laird and Lee Buchanan, were injured at the same time. [16] When Laird regained fitness, it was Longelo who lost the starting place, [17] and after Wayne Rooney was replaced as manager in January 2024, he did not play in the league again. [18] [19]

Cambridge United

Longelo was not given a squad number by Birmingham at the start of the 2024–25 League One season, and after a proposed move to Barnsley fell through, [20] he joined Birmingham's divisional rivals Cambridge United on 22 August 2024 on loan for the season. [21]

Personal life

Longelo was born in Barking, London, and is of Congolese descent. His older brother, Rosaire, played alongside him at West Ham before joining Newcastle United. [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United U23 2018–19 [23] 2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2019–20 [24] 2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2020–21 [25] 4 [lower-alpha 1] 040
2021–22 [26] 3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Total110110
West Ham United 2020–21 [25] Premier League 0000100010
2021–22 [26] Premier League0000001 [lower-alpha 2] 010
2022–23 [14] Premier League0000000000
Total0000101020
Birmingham City 2022–23 [14] [lower-alpha 3] Championship 23120251
2023–24 [19] Championship1701020200
2024–25 [27] League One00000000
Total4013020451
Cambridge United (loan) 2024–25 [27] League One31001 [lower-alpha 1] 142
Career total4323030131623
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. Longelo spent the first half of the 2022–23 season on loan from West Ham United.

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