Michael Luyambula

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Michael Luyambula
Personal information
Full name Michael Ngemba Luyambula [upper-alpha 1]
Date of birth (1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 25) [5]
Place of birth Neumünster, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wuppertaler SV
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2008 TSV Kronshagen
2008–2018 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Borussia Dortmund II 0 (0)
2018–2020 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2018 → Hungerford Town (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Hungerford Town (loan) 20 (0)
2019–2020 → Crawley Town (loan) 0 (0)
2020 → AFC Telford United (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 VfB Lübeck 0 (0)
2021–2024 Sportfreunde Lotte 66 (0)
2024– Wuppertaler SV 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2024

Michael Ngemba Luyambula [upper-alpha 1] (born 8 June 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Regionalliga West club Wuppertaler SV.

Contents

Born in Germany, Luyambula came through Borussia Dortmund's youth system but was released without playing for the club's first team. He joined English second-tier club Birmingham City in 2018. He spent time on loan to Hungerford Town of the National League South in 2018–19, to League Two club Crawley Town in 2019–20, during which he played in the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, and to AFC Telford United of the National League North in 2020. Released by Birmingham at the end of the 2019–20 season, he returned to Germany with VfB Lübeck, newly promoted to the 3. Liga. He moved on to Sportfreunde Lotte for the 2021–22 season.

Luyambula was named in a long list for the DR Congo under-20 team in 2018, and was called up to the senior squad's training camp in June 2017.

Club career

Early life and club career

Luyambula was born in Neumünster, [6] Germany. As a youngster he played for TSV Kronshagen before joining Borussia Dortmund's youth system as an under-12. [7] He was an unused substitute for Borussia Dortmund II in a couple of Regionalliga matches in 2018, but was released without playing for the club's first team. [5]

Birmingham City

Luyambula joined English Championship club Birmingham City on trial, and signed a short-term contract in August 2018. [8] In compliance with transfer restrictions imposed on the club by the English Football League, he could play only for Birmingham's under-23 team, [6] for which he made 12 appearances in the first half of the 2018–19 season. [9]

Hungerford Town

He also spent three weeks on loan to Hungerford Town of the sixth-tier National League South in October, [10] during which he made his senior debut in their FA Cup third qualifying round defeat by Wealdstone. [11] In mid-December, he returned to Hungerford on loan for an initial month, [10] and after the EFL gave their permission for his Birmingham contract to be extended to the end of the season, the loan was likewise extended. [12] [13] Luyumbula was the regular goalkeeper during the second half of Hungerford's season. He made 20 league appearances and helped his team avoid relegation in the final fixture. [5] [14]

Crawley Town

After Luyambula signed a one-year contract with Birmingham, [9] he joined League Two (fourth-tier) club Crawley Town on loan for the 2019–20 season. Crawley manager Gabriele Cioffi hoped he would "put pressure on" established first-team goalkeeper Glenn Morris. [15] Luyambula made his first competitive appearance for Crawley in the starting eleven for the EFL Cup first-round match away to Walsall on 13 August 2019; his team won 3–2. [16] He kept his place for the next rounds of the competition, "punching and catching everything Norwich flung into his six-yard area" and keeping a clean sheet as Crawley beat the Premier League team, [17] and then facing a penalty shoot-out to eliminate Stoke City. [18] He also appeared in the EFL Trophy, but made no league appearances, and was recalled by his parent club in January 2020 with the intention of finding first-team football for him. [19]

AFC Telford United

Luyambula signed for AFC Telford United on 30 January 2020 on loan until 16 May. [20] He played five times in the National League North before the season was first suspended and then ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] [5]

Birmingham confirmed in May 2020 that he would be released when his contract expired at the end of the season. [22]

Return to German football

Luyambula returned to his native northern Germany and, on 4 June, signed a one-year contract with VfB Lübeck, newly promoted to the 3. Liga for the 2020–21 season. [23] [7] He spent the season as backup to Lukas Raeder, made no first-team appearances, and signed for Regionalliga West club Sportfreunde Lotte in August 2021 after a trial. [5] [24]

International career

Luyambula was named in a 58-man long list for the DR Congo under-20 team in 2018, [25] and was called up to the senior squad's training camp in June 2017. [26]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Dortmund II 2017–18 [5] Regionalliga West 00———00
Birmingham City 2018–19 [27] Championship —————
2019–20 [16] Championship—00——00
Total—00——00
Hungerford Town (loan) 2018–19 [5] National League South 20010——210
Crawley Town (loan) 2019–20 [16] League Two 0000403 [lower-alpha 3] 070
AFC Telford United (loan) 2019–20 [5] National League North 50———50
VfB Lübeck 2020–21 [5] 3. Liga 0000——00
Sportfreunde Lotte 2021–22 [5] Regionalliga West 5000—0050
Career total300104030380
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Notes

  1. 1 2 Some sources list his given names as Ngemba Michael, [1] [2] but this article follows the player's usage of Michael Ngemba on his social media, an ordering also supported by the EFL website. [3] [4]

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