Timothy Fayulu

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Timothy Fayulu
Personal information
Full name Timothy Bruce Fayulu
Date of birth (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sion
Number 16
Youth career
2007–2008 CS Italien
2008–2011 Servette
2011–2016 Étoile Carouge
2016–2017 Olymp. Genève
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Olymp. Genève 11 (0)
2018– Sion 61 (0)
2018–2021 Sion II 25 (0)
2019 → Olymp. Genève (loan)
2022–2023 → Winterthur (loan) 11 (0)
International career
2015 DR Congo U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Timothy Bruce Fayulu (born 24 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Swiss club Sion. Born in Switzerland, he has represented DR Congo at youth level.

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Professional career

Fayulu began his footballing career as a forward with CS Italien when he was 7 years old. Switching to goalkeeper after a growth spurt, he spent his early career with various youth clubs in Switzerland before moving to Sion in 2018. [1] Fayulu made his professional debut for the Swiss club in a 3-0 Swiss Super League win over Grasshopper on 22 May 2019.

Often used as a second-choice goalkeeper in the earliest stages of his career, the first choice being Kevin Fickentscher, during the 2020–21 season he started featuring for Sion more regularly, in alternative to the same team-mate. He started the 2021–22 season as the starter at Sion, before soon losing the starting spot to Fickentscher once again.

On 24 June 2022, Fayulu moved on a season-long loan to Winterthur. [2]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Fayulu is of Congolese descent. [3] He represented the DR Congo U18 side in a friendly 8-0 loss to the England U17 in October 2015. [4]

In March 2021, he received his first call-up both from the Congolese senior national team (for two Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches) [5] and the Swiss under-21 national team: he chose the latter side, thus being selected in the squad that would take part in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Hungary and Slovenia. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Parcours d'un petit gardien de 1 mètre 91". October 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Timothy Fayulu neuer Torhüter" (in German). Winterthur. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Foot-amical (U18): 18 Léopards retenus contre l'Angleterre". Radio Okapi. October 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Association, The Football. "England U17s hit eight in World Cup warm-up with DR Congo". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Elim-CAN 2021: les 31 de Nsengi Biembe pour le Gabon et la Gambie avec Mbokani, Masasi, Lilepo, Inonga et Bwalya". Actualite.cd (in French). 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  6. ↑ Baumgartner, Stefan. "Mauro Lustrinelli annonce sa sélection pour l'EURO M21". www.football.ch (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
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