Personal information | |||
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Full name | Djo Issama Mpeko | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Mbandaka, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | FC Lumière | ||
2009–2011 | Motema Pembe | ||
2011–2014 | AS Vita | ||
2014–2015 | Kabuscorp S.C.P | ||
2015–2023 | TP Mazembe | 250 | (15) |
2023–2024 | AS Vita Club | 4 | (0) |
2024 | FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | DR Congo | 81 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2023 |
Djo Issama Mpeko (born 3 March 1986) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Linafoot club AS Vita Club and the DR Congo national team. [1]
He previously played for FC Lupopo Lubumbashi.
He played for Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 2011 African Nations Championship. During the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification he scored one goal, and went forward to Casablanca in 2013. [2]
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