Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo

Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo
Personal information
Full name	Andréa M'Buyi-Mutombo
Date of birth	7 June 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Stade Lausanne Ouchy
Youth career
–2006	Anderlecht
2006–2007	FC Brussels
2007–2008	Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2009	Portsmouth
2008	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)
2009–2011	Standard Liège
2010–2011	→ Sint-Truiden (loan)
2011–2012	Cercle Brugge
2012–2013	Rijeka
2014–2015	Istra
2015	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
2015–2016	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
2017–2018	RNK Split
2018–2019	Partick Thistle
2019–	Stade Lausanne Ouchy
International career‡
2007	Belgium U19
2011–	DR Congo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2012-08-14

Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo (born 7 June 1990, in Brussels) is a Congolese football player of Belgian descent who is a free agent.

Career

Mbuyi-Mutombo began his career in the youth from Anderlecht, then in 2006 joined FC Brussels. After one year at Strombeek he was scouted and signed for Portsmouth. Mbuyi was sent on loan from Portsmouth to feeder club Zulte Waregem on 22 August 2008.^[1] He scored on his debut for Waregem, scoring in the 89th minute against Mechelen, just minutes after being substituted into the game.^[2] He scored yet again in his next match against Tubize. After only six months, the Congolese midfielder returned to Portsmouth from Zulte Waregem, where he played 14 games and scored three goals.^[3] Mutombo was supposed to stay in Belgium on loan until June, but the Belgian club officials were not happy with his attitude.^[4]

Following his release, he underwent trials at Dutch Eredivisie side NEC.^[5] He was linked with moves to Genoa, Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Braga. On 19 June 2009, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder joined Standard Liège on a two-year deal.^[6]

On 11 December 2011, Mbuyi-Mutombo moved to Cercle Brugge on a one-year deal. After spells with Rijeka, Istra and Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, he signed a one-year deal with Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 30 July 2015.^[7] He scored his first goal for Inverness in a 2–0 Scottish Cup win over Stirling Albion on 19 January 2016.^[8] Mutombo returned to Scotland in August 2018 signing a one-year deal with Partick Thistle.^[9] Mutombo left Thistle in January 2019 having scored 3 goals in all competitions.^[10]