Dieumerci Mbokani

Dieumerci Mbokani
Mbokani in 2013
Personal information
Full name Dieudonné Mbokani Bezua[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Royal Antwerp
Number 70
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Bel'Or ? (16)
2005–2007 TP Mazembe 72 (67)
2006–2007 → Anderlecht (loan) 9 (4)
2007–2010 Standard Liège 87 (39)
2010–2011 Monaco 10 (1)
2011 → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2013 Anderlecht 53 (34)
2013–2018 Dynamo Kyiv 54 (25)
2015–2016 → Norwich City (loan) 29 (7)
2016–2017 → Hull City (loan) 12 (0)
2018– Royal Antwerp 0 (0)
National team‡
2005– DR Congo 40 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:31, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Dieudonné "Dieumerci" Mbokani Bezua (born 22 November 1985 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Royal Antwerp. He has previously played for TP Mazembe, Anderlecht, VfL Wolfsburg, Monaco, Standard Liège, Norwich City, Hull City and Dynamo Kyiv.

Club career

He began his career in Kinshasa at Bel'Or and was a league topscorer in 2004 season with 16 goals.[2][3] Then he moved to TP Mazembe.[3]

In the 2006–07 season, he made nine appearances for Anderlecht[3] and scored four goals, including a hat-trick against Beveren on 7 May 2007. In 2007, he joined Standard de Liège and scored 35 goals in 81 league appearances.

On 30 July 2010, Mbokani signed a deal with French side AS Monaco.[4]

On 9 August 2011, he signed a contract with Anderlecht for a reported fee of €3 million, stating that he looked forward to playing together again with his friend Milan Jovanović.[5] The start of his spell at Anderlecht was dramatic, first injuring himself during one of his first training sessions, meaning he would be sidelined for at least two months.[6] Then, about one week later his five-month-old son, David Mbokani, died of a cardiac arrest in his sleep.[7]

On 21 June 2013, Mbokani officially signed a contract with the Ukrainian club FC Dynamo Kyiv.[3] On 14 July 2013, he scored his first goal in the very first game of the Ukrainian Premier League against Volyn Lutsk during the first half, which ended 1–1.

On 31 August 2015, Mbokani was loaned out to English club Norwich City.[8] Mbokani registered his first goal for Norwich in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City with an improvised back-heel finish.

On 31 August 2016, Mbokani was loaned out to English club Hull City.[9] Mbokani made his debut on 17 September 2016 when he came off the bench, after 77-minutes, as a replacement for Abel Hernández in a 4–1 loss at home to Arsenal.[10]

On 20 June 2017, Mbokani was close to completing a transfer to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos but the deal did not ultimately go ahead as the player failed his medical.[11]

International career

Mbokani represented the DR Congo at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and 2015, helping them to third place at the latter tournament.

Mbokani was caught up in the 2016 Brussels bombings, alongside his international teammate Cédric Bakambu. Though both escaped unscathed, Mbokani was reportedly left "shaken".[12][13][14] In the aftermath of this, after being sanctioned for missing a game as a result, he retired from international football with 31 caps.[15] However, he returned to DR Congo's squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.[16]

Career statistics

Mbokani (right) playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
As of 18 May 2018[17]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht (loan) 2006–07 Belgian Pro League 9400—0094
Standard Liège 2007–08 321500—003215
2008–09 311700—1034120
2009–10 24710—1233710
Total 8739100022611045
Monaco 2010–11 Ligue 1 101001000111
VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 2010–11 Bundesliga 7000—0070
Anderlecht 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 261400—513115
2012–13 271921—973827
Total 533321001486942
Dynamo Kyiv 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League 251521—633318
2014–15 8310—30123
2017–18 21910—732912
Total 542541001667430
Norwich City (loan) 2015–16 Premier League 297001000307
Hull City (loan) 2016–17 120002000140
Career total 26110872405220324129

International goals

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[17]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 May 2006Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Mexico1–21–2Friendly
2.26 March 2008Stade Maurice Bacquet, Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France Algeria1–01–1Friendly
3.13 June 2008El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti1–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.4–0
5.22 June 2008Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Djibouti5–05–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.10 June 2012Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Togo2–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.17 June 2012Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Seychelles1–03–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.9 September 2012Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Equatorial Guinea1–04–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.4–0
10.20 January 2013Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Ghana2–22–22013 Africa Cup of Nations
11.28 January 2013Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa Mali1–01–12013 Africa Cup of Nations
12.31 January 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea Congo1–24–22015 Africa Cup of Nations
13.4–2
14.4 February 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast1–11–32015 Africa Cup of Nations
15.18 October 2015Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé, Belgium Nigeria1–02–0Friendly
16.8 October 2016Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo Libya1–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.3–0

References

  1. ↑ "Dieudonne Mbokani Bezua". Ligue 1. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (21 September 2007). "Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo) 2004". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 FC Dynamo Kyiv signs Anderlecht striker Mbokani, Interfax-Ukraine (22 June 2013)
  4. ↑ "Mbokani moves to Monaco". BBC Sport. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Mbokani s'annonce à Anderlecht" (in French). L'Équipe. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Mbokani staat al een poosje aan de kant" [Mbokani sidelined already for a while] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Zoontje van Dieumerci Mbokani is overleden" [Son of Mbokani dies] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "STRIKER MBOKANI SIGNS FOR CITY".
  9. ↑ "Hull City sign Dynamo Kiev's Dieumerci Mbokani on season-long loan". ESPN FC. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Hull City 1–4 Arsenal". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Mbokani fails the medical as his Olympiakos move falls through" (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  12. ↑ "Belgium cancel training session after explosions in Brussels". The Guardian. 22 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Norwich striker Dieumerci Mbokani left 'unharmed but shaken' after being caught at Brussels Airport during terror attacks". Daily Mail. 22 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Brussels terror attacks: Norwich confirm 'shaken' Dieumerci Mbokani was at Zaventem Airport at time of blasts". The Independent. 22 March 2016.
  15. ↑ Freezer, David (5 April 2016). "Norwich City striker Dieumerci Mbokani has retired from international football due to 'unfair treatment'". The Pink 'Un. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Hull City's Dieumerci Mbokani: Departs for Africa Cup of Nations". The Score. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  17. 1 2 "D. MBOKANI". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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