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Mavuba Mafuila

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Mavuba Mafuila
Personal information
Full name Mafuila Mavuba Ku Mbundu[1]
Date of birth (1949-12-15)15 December 1949[1]
Place of birth Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Date of death 30 November 1996(1996-11-30) (aged 46)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1979 AS Vita Club
1980 1º de Agosto
International career
Zaire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricky Mavuba Mafuila Ku Mbundu (15 December 1949 – 30 November 1996) was a football player from Zaire, nicknamed The Black Sorcerer. His son is Rio Mavuba, who was a French international footballer.

Biography

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Born in Léopoldville,[1] He competed for Zaire at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany[2] and also won the 1974 African Cup of Nations in Egypt defeating Zambia in a second game by 2–0.

Mavuba is remembered for taking direct free kicks and penalty kick executions. He is credited with being the first Congolese footballer ever to score from a corner kick: a curved shot that went in straight in the back of the net without deflections.

Following his football career, Mavuba moved to Angola. He fled the country with his family at the onset of the civil war in 1984 and lived as a refugee in France until his death in November 1996.[3]

Club career

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Defensive midfield player from Zaire, winger from AS Vita Club of Kinshasa which won the CAF Champions League in 1973.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mavuba Mafuila". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ Mafuila MavubaFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ Hawkey, Ian (15 October 2006). "Bordeaux driven by mystery man Mavuba". Times Online. Retrieved 16 December 2008.[dead link]

See also

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