Omenuke Mfulu
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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15 Ligue 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 — 8 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 13 0 1 0 1 0 — 15 0
Total 20 0 2 0 1 0 — 23 0
Red Star 2017–18 National 1 21 0 0 0 1 0 — 22 0
2018–19 Ligue 2 27 0 1 0 0 0 — 28 0
Total 48 0 1 0 1 0 — 50 0
Elche 2019–20 Segunda División 18 0 3 0 — 4[c] 0 25 0
2020–21 La Liga 20 0 2 0 — — 22 0
Total 38 0 5 0 — 4 0 47 0
Las Palmas 2021–22 Segunda División 30 0 0 0 — — 30 0
2022–23 Segunda División 30 0 1 0 — — 31 0
2023–24 La Liga 5 0 3 0 — — 8 0
Total 65 0 4 0 — — 69 0
Career total 171 0 12 0 2 0 4 0 189 0
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in La Liga play-offs

International

As of match played 24 June 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
DR Congo 2020 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

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

External links


UD Las Palmas – current squad
DR Congo squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations fourth place
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