Personal information | |||
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Full name | Merveille Fundambu | ||
Date of birth | 13 November 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Iseka | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | Elonga | ||
2017–2019 | Etanchéité | ||
2019–2020 | KTS Weszło | 17 | (7) |
2020 | → Radomiak 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]
Fundambu began his career in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo, playing for Iseka, Elonga and Etanchéité.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Polish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KTS Weszło | 2018–19 [18] | Klasa B | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2019–20 [19] | Klasa A | 13 | 3 | 4 [20] | 4 [20] | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
Total | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | ||
Radomiak Radom (loan) | 2019–20 | I liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Widzew Łódź | 2020–21 | I liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Stomil Olsztyn | 2021–22 | I liga | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
Polonus Kamieniec Polski | 2022–23 [21] | V liga | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
LKS Ślesin | 2023–24 [22] | V liga | 10 | 4 | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||
Career total | 83 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 21 |
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