Omenuke Mfulu

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Omenuke Mfulu
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Mfulu with DR Congo U21 in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2013 Lille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Lille B 3 (0)
2013–2017 Reims B 45 (1)
2014–2017 Reims 20 (0)
2017–2019 Red Star 48 (0)
2019–2021 Elche 38 (0)
2021– Las Palmas 65 (0)
International career‡
2012–2014 DR Congo U21 6 (0)
2020– DR Congo 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:00, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Omenuke Mfulu (born 20 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Las Palmas. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.

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Early life

Mfulu was born in Poissy, France, to Congolese parents. He acquired French nationality on 27 September 2004, through the collective effect of his father's naturalization. [2]

Club career

Mfulu moved to Reims from Lille OSC in the summer of 2013, and did enough with the reserve team to earn a three-year professional contract with the Ligue 1 club the following January. [3] He made his professional debut as a substitute in a 0–0 draw with OGC Nice on 22 November 2014. [4] His full debut came on 16 May 2015 in a 1–0 victory over Rennes. [5]

After four years with Reims, Mfulu signed for Red Star in Championnat National on 5 August 2017. [6] On 17 June 2019, he moved to Spain and signed for Elche CF. [7]

On 2 August 2021, Mfulu signed a two-year contract with UD Las Palmas. [8]

International career

On 9 October 2020, he represented the DR Congo national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Burkina Faso. [9]

On 27 December 2023, Mfulu was included in the final 24-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [10] He started his nation's first match at the tournament, a 1–1 draw with Zambia on 17 January 2024. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 January 2024 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 000000—00
2014–15 Ligue 1701000—80
2015–16 Ligue 11301010—150
Total2002010—230
Red Star 2017–18 National 1 2100010—220
2018–19 Ligue 2 2701000—280
Total4801010—500
Elche 2019–20 Segunda División 18030—4 [lower-alpha 3] 0250
2020–21 La Liga 20020——220
Total38050—40470
Las Palmas 2021–22 Segunda División30000——300
2022–23 Segunda División30010——310
2023–24 La Liga5030——80
Total65040——690
Career total171012020401890

International

As of match played 24 June 2023 [13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
DR Congo 202010
202310
Total20

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References

  1. ↑ "Omenuke Mfulu" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "JORF n° 0227 du 29 septembre 2004 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 16751. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "SdR. MFulu signe professionnel" (in French). L'Union. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nice vs. Reims - 22 November 2014 - Soccerway".
  5. ↑ "Reims vs. Rennes - 16 May 2015 - Soccerway".
  6. ↑ "Transferts : Omenuke Mfulu, de Reims au Red Star" (in French). L'Equipe. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "OFICIAL | Omenuke Mfulu, nuevo jugador del Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Omenuke Mfulu, new player of Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Acuerdo con Omenuke Mfulu para su incorporación a la UD Las Palmas" [Agreement with Omenuke Mfulu for his signing for UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Burkina Faso vs RD Congo - Amicaux internationaux - 09 Octobre 2020". fr.besoccer.com.
  10. ↑ "ARDC : la liste de 24 pour la CAN 2023 dévoilée !". 27 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Congo DR 1-1 Zambia". CAF Online. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Omenuke Mfulu at Soccerway
  13. ↑ Omenuke Mfulu at National-Football-Teams.com


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