Merveille Fundambu

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Merveille Fundambu
Personal information
Full name Merveille Fundambu
Date of birth (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Iseka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Elonga
2017–2019 Etanchéité
2019–2020 KTS Weszło 17 (7)
2020Radomiak Radom (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2021 Widzew Łódź 14 (1)
2021–2022 Stomil Olsztyn 26 (3)
2023 Polonus Kazimierz Biskupi 6 (2)
2024 LKS Ślesin 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2024

Merveille Fundambu (born 13 November 1999) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a midfielder. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Fundambu began his career in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo, playing for Iseka, Elonga and Etanchéité.

KTS Weszło

On 18 May 2019, he joined Polish Klasa B side KTS Weszło. On 19 May 2019, he made his debut in a 5–0 victory over AP Brychczy Warsaw, and scored his first goal for the club. [2] On 14 August 2019, he made his debut in the Masovian Polish Cup, in a match against Bednarska Warsaw with a goal scored (resulting in a 11–2 victory). [3]

Radomiak Radom

On 8 January 2020, he was loaned to I liga side Radomiak Radom. [4] On 2 March Fundambu made his I liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Leândro in a 3–0 defeat against Warta Poznań. [5] He played in 10 games, including the 2019–20 I liga promotion play-off against Warta Poznań (0–2). His loan expired in August 2020.

Widzew Łódź

On 21 August 2020, he joined I liga side Widzew Łódź on a free transfer. [6] He made his debut on 29 August 2020 in a I liga match against his former club Radomiak Radom, playing 69 minutes as Widzew lost 1–4. [7] On 19 September 2020, he scored his first I liga goal in a Widzew's 2–0 victory over Stomil Olsztyn. [8] On 25 November 2020, he made his Polish Cup debut, in a 1–0 home defeat to Legia Warsaw. [9] After regular performances in the autumn and winter of 2020, Fundambu unexpectedly dropped out of the squad and played only one match in 2021, the last 9 minutes of the 3–0 loss against Zagłębie Sosnowiec. [10] His contract expired after the 2020–21 season. [11]

Stomil Olsztyn

On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fundambu had signed a one-year contract with Stomil Olsztyn. [12] In his debut on 1 August 2021, in a I liga match against Chrobry Głogów, he scored his first goal, but did not save the club from a 2–1 defeat. [13] [14]

Temporary retirement and return to Poland

In the summer of 2022, he retired from professional football and moved to Belgium. [15] After spending several months abroad, he joined Polish V liga side Polonus Kazimierz Biskupi ahead of the 2022–23 spring round. [1] [16]

Career statistics

As of 25 June 2024 [17]
ClubSeasonLeague Polish Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KTS Weszło 2018–19 [18] Klasa B 44000044
2019–20 [19] Klasa A 1334 [20] 4 [20] 00177
Total17744002111
Radomiak Radom (loan) 2019–20 I liga 1000000100
Widzew Łódź 2020–21 I liga1411000151
Stomil Olsztyn 2021–22 I liga2632000283
Polonus Kamieniec Polski2022–23 [21] V liga 6262
LKS Ślesin2023–24 [22] V liga104104
Career total831774009021

Honours

Weszło Warsaw

LKS Ślesin

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