Ridge Mobulu

Ridge Mobulu
Personal information
Full name Ridge Mickael Mobulu
Date of birth (1991-06-29) June 29, 1991
Place of birth Aigle, Switzerland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current team
Aarau
Number 29
Youth career
1996-2003 FC Aigle
2003-2005 FC Yvorne
2005-2008 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008-2010 Lausanne-Sport 21 (5)
2010Bulle (loan) 12 (3)
2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 9 (1)
FC Stade Nyonnais 8 (1)
2012-13 Yverdon-Sport FC 15 (3)
2013-2014 FC Le Mont 32 (8)
2014-2015 FC Luzern 12 (2)
2015- FC Aarau
National team
2005 Switzerland U-15

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2, 2010.

† Appearances (goals)

Ridge Mobulu (born June 29, 1991 in Aigle, Switzerland) is a Congolese footballer currently playing for FC Aarau.[1]

Career

Youth

Mobulu grew up in Lausanne, Switzerland, was a student at Ecole Secondaire des Bergières, and joined the youth ranks of local club FC Aigle as a 5-year-old in 1996. He joined nearby FC Yvorne in 2003, before joining Swiss professional club Lausanne-Sport's youth set-up in 2005 aged 14, where he played from the U-15 to the U-18 level until 2008.

Professional

Mobulu made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport on December 9, 2007, in a game against Winterthur in Switzerland's second division Challenge League. He made 20 appearances for Lausanne in the 2009-10, scoring five goals, and spent six month on loan with Bulle of Switzerland's third-tier 1. Liga between January and June 2010.

Mobulu moved to Canada in the summer of 2010 to joined the Vancouver Whitecaps,[2] initially as a member of the team's PDL affiliate Vancouver Whitecaps Residency. He made his full Whitecaps debut on July 28, coming on as a second-half substitute for Blake Wagner during a 1-0 away win over Montreal Impact,[3] and scored his first Whitecaps goal during a 2-2 home draw versus Austin Aztex on August 29.[4]

Mobulu playing for FC Luzern

International

Mobulu played with the Swiss national U-15 team in 2005, but has since declared his intention to play for the Democratic Republic of the Congo should the opportunity arise. Though born and raised in Switzerland, Mobulu is a citizen of DR Congo through his parents, Ngia Jose Nzobo and Florent Kashama Mobulu.

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