Issama Mpeko

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Issama Mpeko
Personal information
Full name Djo Issama Mpeko
Date of birth (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 38)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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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]

Honors

DR Congo

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References

  1. "Foot-Transfert: Issama Mpeko à Kabuscorp d'Angola pour deux saisons". Radio Okapi (in French). 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Agence congolaise de Presse - Six " Léopards " locaux de football à Casablanca Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine Kinshasa, 12/11 (ACP) 2012 "Six sélectionnés locaux de l’équipe nationale A de football masculin de la RDC, les " Léopards ", ... Ils sont tous des clubs de Kinshasa, à savoir Bakala Landu (FC MK), Djo Issama Mpeko (AS V. Club),..."
  3. "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport.