Ilombe Mboyo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Anderlecht | |||
| Club Brugge | |||
| Charleroi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2010 | Charleroi | 39 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Kortrijk | 21 | (6) |
| 2011–2013 | Gent | 80 | (37) |
| 2013- | Genk | 38 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 2012– | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:16, 12 August 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ilombe Mboyo (born 27 April 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Genk, as a striker.[1]
Career
Born in Kinshasa, DR Congo, Mboyo played youth football for Anderlecht and Club Brugge before going to prison when he was 17 for his part in a gang rape of a 14 year old child in 2004. Mboyo was a member of one of the most notorious street gangs in Belgium.[2][3][4][5] While in prison, Mboyo trained with Charleroi, joining the club after his release.[5] He joined Kortrijk on loan in May 2010; the deal was made permanent in September 2010[5] He moved to Gent in January 2011.[6]
He quickly became an important player for Gent and even received the captain's armband and his first call-up to the Belgian national team in October 2012.[5] Two months later, however, he became the talk of the town after the game against Waasland-Beveren. Mboyo missed a carelessly taken penalty and provoked his own supporters after being booed. The club forced him to apologize for his behaviour and youngster Hannes van der Bruggen became the new captain.[7]
References
- ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
- ↑ Patrick Nathanson (24 September 2013). "Ilombe Mboyo: Prison, stardom and a terrible past". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ↑ Gavin Berry (12 October 2012). "Belgians defiant over rapist inclusion in their squad against Scotland". Daily Record and Sunday Mail.
- ↑ Paul Doyle and James Riach (12 October 2012). "World Cup qualifiers: 10 things to look forward to this weekend". Guardian News Group PLC.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 John Chapman (10 October 2012). "Ilombe Mboyo's long road to an international call-up". When Saturday Comes.
- ↑ Ilombe Mboyo profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Mboyo apologizes towards fans of AA Gent and dismisses captain's armband" (in Dutch). Sport/Voetbalmagazine. 10 December 2012.
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