Dembakwi Yomba

Dembakwi "Boxi" Yomba (Born September 4, 1996) is an American soccer player who most recently played for Oakland Roots SC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Yomba signed for Albanian SuperLiga club F.k. Laçi On January 31st, 2020.

Dembakwi Yomba
Personal information
Full name Dembakwi Yomba
Date of birth (1996-09-04) September 4, 1996
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
2014–2015 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Orlando City B 0 (0)
2017–2018 Reno 1868 4 (1)
2019 Oakland Roots 4 (0)
National team
2013 United States U18 8 (0)
2014 United States U20 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2019

Career

Yomba signed with Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2014,[1] before returning to the United States to join United Soccer League club Orlando City B on January 13, 2016.[2] He failed to make a first-team appearance during his time at Orlando, and was released by the club at the end of the 2016 season.[3]

On March 14, 2017, Yomba signed with United Soccer League club Reno 1868.[4] He scored his first goal for the team against OSA FC on May 17 during the second round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup.[5] Yomba was one of five Reno players called up by the team's Major League Soccer affiliate, the San Jose Earthquakes, for its July 14 friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt, and he substituted in for Chris Wondolowski in the 33rd minute of the 4-1 victory before being substituted out again in the 63rd minute for Vako Qazaishvili.[6]

Yomba and Reno mutually parted ways on June 23, 2018.[7]

Yomba joined Oakland Roots on July 5, 2019.[8]

References
  1. "American whizkid Dembakwi Yomba joins Atletico Madrid - Tribal Football". www.tribalfootball.com.
  2. https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2016/01/13/orlando-city-b-deepens-squad-seven-acquisitions
  3. David, Austin (8 June 2016). "Orlando City B Parts Ways with "Boxi" Yomba". The Mane Land.
  4. "Reno 1868 FC signs Dembakwi Yomba". Reno Gazette Journal.
  5. "#USOC2017 DREAMERS ONE STEP FROM MLS RECKONING". US Soccer. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. "RECAP: Earthquakes Defeat Bundesliga's Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. FC, Reno 1868 (23 June 2018). "Reno 1868 FC, Dembakwi Yomba Mutually Part Ways". Reno 1868 FC.
  8. "Oakland Roots Sign Winger Dembakwi Yomba". OaklandRootsSC.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


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