Tresor Mputu

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Personal information
Tresor Mputu
Full name	Tresor Mputu Mabi
Date of birth	December 10, 1985 (1985-12-10) (age 22)
Place of birth	Lubumbashi, Zaire
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	TP Mazembe
Number	8
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-present	TP Mazembe	30 (34)
National team
	Congo DR	10 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 27, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tresor Mputu (born 10 December 1985) is a Congolese football striker.

[edit] Club career

Mputu currently plays for his homeland club TP Mazembe.

He has been described by former Cameroon and Congo coach Claude Le Roy as being better than Samuel Eto'o, who he picked for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France as a 17 year-old.^{[citation needed]}

Mputu helped his club, Mazembe, reach the African Champions League 2007, by becoming the top goalscorer of the competition with 9 strikes, and the Confederation Cup.

In November 2007, it was reported that English Premiership giants Arsenal were interested in signing Mputu, for £500 000[1], with the Congolese striker due in England for a 10 day trial.

In May 2008 Mputu will be in Piraeus, for a trial at Olympiacos. His co-player in the National Team of Congo, Lua-Lua is suggesting him as a good transfer.

[edit] International career

Tresor Mputu is one of the finds of Congolese football in recent times. He was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Cup of Nations team, who progressed to the quarter finals, where they were eliminated by Egypt, who eventually won the tournament. Although he played in only two games, he scored the first goal in DR Congo's game against Togo, but was sent off in his second game against Angola in the first 19 minutes for lashing out against an Angolan defender. His subsequent suspension for the straight red meant he missed the rest of his nation's campaign.