Nicaise Kudimbana
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eendracht Aalst | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Union SG | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Union SG[1] | 69 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Union SG (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Cercle Brugge | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Oostende | 40 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Antwerp | 47 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Union SG | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Wallonia Walhain | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | RCS Brainois | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | Roeselare | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Winkel Sport | 81 | (0) |
| 2024– | Eendracht Aalst | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2017 | DR Congo | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana (born 21 January 1987) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Division 2 club Eendracht Aalst.
Career
[edit]On 21 December 2007, Anderlecht saved the rights on him after he had played one season for Union Saint-Gilloise,[2] after the season returned in July 2009 back to R.S.C. Anderlecht.[3] On 31 August 2011, his contract with Anderlecht was terminated by mutual agreement. On 2 September 2011, it was announced that Kudimbana had signed a one-year contract with his former club Cercle Brugge. Following the 2011–12 season, Kudimbana moved to Belgian Second Division team Oostende.
In January 2014, Kudimbana joined former club Anderlecht on loan from Oostende for the rest of the season. Despite not playing a match in that time Anderlecht signed him up permanently in June 2014.[4]
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kudimbana joined Wallonia Walhain.[5][6] Kudimbana had also received an offer earlier that year to become a goalkeepers coach at his former club Anderlecht, where his childhood friend Vincent Kompany had just arrived as player-coach.[7]
On 31 March 2020, Kudimbana moved to RCS Brainois.[8] In July 2020 he signed with Roeselare, but because the club went bankrupt a few months later, he never made an official appearance for the West Flemish club.[9] He only found a new club with Winkel Sport in January 2021.[10] Later that year he also started working as a goalkeepers coach in the youth department of Léopold FC.[11] After three years playing for Winkel Sport, Kudimbana signed with Belgian Division 2 club Eendracht Aalst in January 2024, as their starting goalkeeper Zvonimir Mikulic had been ruled out by injury.[12]
International career
[edit]He made his first cap for Congo DR national football team against Algeria on 26 March 2008 and is former member of the Belgium U-21.[13]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Anderlecht
National
[edit]DR Congo
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Nicaise Kudimbana at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Anderlecht sur Kundimbana | FOOTGOAL : Le webzine n°1 de l'actualité du Football Belge et International". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Boussu-Dour". 2 July 2009.
- ^ "Nicaise Kudimbana 2014-2015". Anderlecht. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ Football régional - Tout sur la saison 2019-2020, issuu.com, 28 August 2019
- ^ Kudimbana (Walhain): «Fier de la manière dont on l’a remporté», lavenir.net, 26 November 2019
- ^ Wauters, Simon (1 August 2019). "Ex-Anderlecht-doelman trekt naar club uit Tweede Amateurklasse". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch).
- ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (31 March 2020). "Nicaise Kudimbana (Walhain) a signé au RCS Brainois!". DH Les Sports + (in French).
- ^ Stricht, Wouter Vander (27 July 2020). "KSV Roeselare maakt namen van negen nieuwe spelers bekend". KW.be (in Dutch).
- ^ Stricht, Wouter Vander (22 January 2021). "Winkel Sport haalt een jeugdvriend van Vincent Kompany als doelman: Nicaise Kudimbana". KW.be (in Dutch).
- ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (9 June 2021). "Nicaise Kudimbana va s'occuper des jeunes gardiens du Léo". DH Les Sports + (in French).
- ^ "Welkom Nicaise Kudimbana!". Eendracht Aalst (in Flemish). 29 January 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ INTERVIEW NICAISE MULOPO KUDIMBANA Archived 10 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Nicaise Kudimbana at Soccerway
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brussels
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- K.V. Oostende players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- R. Wallonia Walhain Chaumont-Gistoux players
- K.S.V. Roeselare players
- Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players
- S.C. Eendracht Aalst players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Black Belgian sportspeople
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen