Mavis Tchibota
Tchibota with Ludogorets Razgrad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Mavis Tchibota Dufounou
Date of birth (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Diables Noirs
2015–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 (0)
2015–2017 → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 58 (8)
2017–2018 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 33 (8)
2018–2019 Bnei Yehuda 30 (11)
2019–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad 58 (13)
2022–2023 Maccabi Haifa 38 (2)
2023– Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 (1)
International career‡
2011 Congo U17 4 (0)
2017– Congo 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 15 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Mavis Tchibota Dufounou (Hebrew: מאויס צ'יבוטה דפונו;[4] born 7 May 1996) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a Striker for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Congo national football team.[2]

Club career

Tchibota began his career in his native Congolese league playing for Diables Noirs, before officially joining the system of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015.[2][5] He spent the majority of his time out on loan with fellow Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Kfar Saba, joining in July 2015.[6] He scored his opening senior goal in his second match, notching a seventy second-minute winner over Maccabi Haifa.[2] Tchibota stayed for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, netting ten times in sixty-nine fixtures in all competitions for Hapoel Kfar Saba.[2] Bnei Yehuda signed Tchibota on loan on 4 July 2017.[2] Twelve months later, he was signed permanently via a swap for Maor Kandil.[7]

On 19 February 2019, Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad announced Tchibota had penned a pre-contract agreement with the club; effective from the succeeding June.[8][9] He scored on his competitive debut for them, netting in their 2–0 Bulgarian Supercup victory over Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 3 July.[2] After a further goal in UEFA Europa League qualifying against The New Saints, Tchibota scored his first league goal on 22 September versus Arda Kardzhali.[2] He netted a hat-trick on 25 September in the Bulgarian Cup versus second tier team Neftochimic.[2] In February 2022 Tchibota returned to Israel, joining Maccabi Haifa.[10]

International career

Tchibota was selected in the Congo under-17 squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.[2] He won four caps as his nation advanced from Group A, prior to losing in the following round to Uruguay.[2] He received a stadium ovation from fans in Congo's tournament opener against the Netherlands.[11] He represented the Congo under-20s in 2014.[12][13] In September 2017, Tchibota was called up to the senior team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ghana.[2] He won his debut cap on 5 September as Congo lost 1–5 in Brazzaville.[2] His second cap came in October 2020 in a friendly against Gambia.[1]

Personal life

Tchibota was born in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[1] He is the son of former Congo international footballer Pierre Tchibota.[11] He arrived in Israel at the age of fifteen with his mother, though further difficulties delayed their entry to the local youth club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[6][14] In 2016, Tchibota applied for Israeli citizenship by marriage. In September 2017, he made his competitive debut for Congo.[6][14] In January 2018, Tchibota received his temporary residence identity card.[14] In May 2016, he married his Israeli partner Karolina in Cyprus. They have one daughter together named Adelle.[14] That same month, he became an Israeli citizen.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 May 2022.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2015–16 Israeli Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 2015–16 Israeli Premier League 29 3 4 1 2 0 — 0 0 35 4
2016–17 29 5 1 0 4 1 — 0 0 34 6
Total 58 8 5 1 6 1 — 0 0 69 10
Bnei Yehuda (loan) 2017–18 Israeli Premier League 33 8 1 0 3 0 4[a] 1 1[b] 0 42 9
Bnei Yehuda 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 30 11 4 0 4 1 — 0 0 38 12
Ludogorets Razgrad 2019–20 First League 25 7 3 4 — 12[c] 1 1[d] 1 41 13
2020–21 17 3 3 2 — 7[e] 1 1[d] 0 28 6
2021–22 16 3 2 0 — 11[f] 0 1[d] 1 30 4
Total 58 13 8 6 — 30 2 3 2 99 23
Maccabi Haifa 2021–22 Israeli Premier League 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
2022–23 25 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 34 1
Total 38 2 6 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 50 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2023–24 Israeli Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 216 42 24 8 14 2 39 3 4 2 297 57
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in Israel Super Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
  5. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League, and appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 12 March 2021.[2][1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Congo 2017 1 0
2020 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Bnei Yehuda[2]

Ludogorets[2]

Maccabi Haifa

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mavis Tchibota". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Congo - M. Tchibota". Soccerway. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Mavis Tchibota". World Football. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - פרטי שחקן".
  5. ^ "Winger Mavis Tchibota returns from trial to boost Diables Noirs against Edubiase". Ghana Soccernet. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "מאוויס צ'יבוטה יפתח בהליך לקבלת אזרחות". Sport 5. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ "מאור קנדיל מצטרף למכבי". Maccabi Tel Aviv. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Лудогорец подписа с конгоански национал от Израел". Ludogorets. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Ludogorets introduced Biton and Tchibota". Ludogorets. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. ^ "ברוך הבא, מאוויס" (in Hebrew). mhaifafc.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Tchibota, le football dans les gènes". FIFA. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Congo U-20 aim to end 8-year drought". African Football. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  13. ^ "19th Edition of The African U-20 Championship, Senegal 2015". Confederation of African Football. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e "צ'יבוטה: מכבי אכזבה אותי, לא רצו אותי באמת". One (in Hebrew). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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