Protais Mutambala

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Protais Mutambala
Personal information
Full name Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala
Date of birth (1999-02-08) February 8, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Nyarugusu, Tanzania
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2015 AS Sud-Ouest Montréal
2015–2018 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 CS Longueuil 6 (2)
2019 Ottawa Fury 8 (0)
2021 FC Lanaudière 10 (2)
2022– CS Mont-Royal Outremont 7 (0)
International career
2015 Canada U18 1+ (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 2, 2022

Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala (born February 8, 1999) is a soccer player who plays for CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Born in Tanzania, he has represented Canada at youth level.

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Early life

Mutambala was born in a refugee camp in Nyarugusu, Tanzania, but grew up in Quebec City in Canada. [1] He began playing youth soccer at age 10 with AS Sud-Ouest Montréal. [1] Afterwards, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, after being scouted playing in the Jeux de la rue. [2] [3]

Club career

In 2018, Mutambala played with Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side CS Longueuil. [4]

In April 2019, Mutambala joined USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC. [5] After one seasons with the Fury, the club would cease operations for the 2020 season, making Mutambala a free agent. [6]

In 2021, he played with FC Lanaudière in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. [7]

In 2022, he joined another PLSQ side CS Mont-Royal Outremont, where he got to compete in the 2022 Canadian Championship. [8]

International career

In 2015, he attended a youth camp with the Canadian U16 national team. [1] [9]

In October 2015, he played with the Canada U18 in a pair of friendlies against the United States U18. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Protais Mutambala at Canada Soccer
  2. Hickey, Mike (October 26, 2016). "Long journey for soccer star Bumba-Mutambala". The Suburban .
  3. St-Laurent, Sylvain (April 18, 2019). "Un nouveau joueur québécois avec le Fury" [A new Quebec player with the Fury]. Le Droit (in French).
  4. "Le Fury FC signe le joueur à l'essai Protais Mutambala" [Fury FC sign trial player Protais Mutambala]. Soccer Placement (in French). April 18, 2019.
  5. "Fury FC signs trialist Protais Mutambala". Ottawa Fury FC . April 20, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019.
  6. Major, Darren (November 8, 2019). "Fury owners blame 'politics' for decision to suspend operations". CBC .
  7. "PLSQ masculine : Le Celtix arrache les trois points sur la pelouse du FC Lanaudière" [Men's PLSQ: Celtix snatches the three points on the lawn of FC Lanaudière]. Just eSoccer (in French). July 18, 2021.
  8. "Le CS MRO commence par le plus dur : le Championnat canadien" [CS MRO begins with the hardest part: The Canadian Championship]. Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). May 11, 2022.
  9. "Bumbu Mutambala, Protais profile". CS Mont-Royal Outremont . Archived from the original on October 6, 2022.
  10. "U.S. U-18 MNT splits two-game set with Canada". Soccerwire. October 30, 2015.