Mwanza Mukombo
Mwanza Mukombo (number 3) playing in the Zaire vs. Brazil match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Albert Mwanza Mukombo
Date of birth (1945-12-17)17 December 1945
Place of birth Belgian Congo
Date of death 13 October 2001(2001-10-13) (aged 55)
Place of death Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
TP Mazembe
International career
1968–1976 Zaire[2] 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Mwanza Mukombo (17 December 1945 – 13 October 2001) was a Congolese footballer who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[3] He also played for TP Mazembe.

He is well-known among Argentine sticker collectors due to his sticker for the 1974 World Cup Album by Panini being near-impossible to collect due to its rarity.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mwanza Mukombo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  3. ^ 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany
  4. ^ Firpo, Hernán (21 August 2021). "Mukombo: la figurita difícil que amargó generaciones y se convirtió en la más buscada de la Argentina". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2022.