Mwanza Mukombo
 Mwanza Mukombo (number 3) playing in the Zaire vs. Brazil match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Albert Mwanza Mukombo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belgian Congo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 October 2001 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1976 | TP Mazembe | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1976 | Congo-Kinshasa/Zaire[2] | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * 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 FKS (not Panini) being near-impossible to collect due to its rarity.[4]
Honours
[edit]Congo-Kinshasa
References
[edit]- ^ "Mwanza Mukombo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
- ^ 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany
- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Cup of Nations 1968-Congo-Kinshasa Squad". Retrieved 31 March 2026.
External links
[edit]Zaire squads | |||||||
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- Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- TP Mazembe players
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- 1968 African Cup of Nations players
- 1970 African Cup of Nations players
- 1972 African Cup of Nations players
- 1974 African Cup of Nations players
- 1976 African Cup of Nations players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs