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 | Léopold FC | ||
| 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) |
| 2024– | Léopold FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2017 | DR Congo | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana (born 21 January 1987) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Léopold FC.
Career
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 for Roeselare but, after the club entered bankruptcy proceedings later that year, he made no first-team appearances.[9] He signed for Winkel Sport in January 2021,[10] and in June 2021 also took up a role as a youth goalkeeping coach at Léopold FC.[11]
After three seasons with Winkel Sport, Kudimbana signed for Belgian Division 2 side Eendracht Aalst in January 2024, providing cover after first-choice goalkeeper Zvonimir Mikulić was ruled out through injury.[12] In June 2024, he returned to Léopold FC as a player.[13]
International career
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.[14]
Honours
Club
Anderlecht
National
DR Congo
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015[15]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "[Annonce de l'arrivée de Nicaise Kudimbana]" [Announcement of the arrival of Nicaise Kudimbana]. Facebook (in French). Royal Léopold F.C. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ INTERVIEW NICAISE MULOPO KUDIMBANA Archived 10 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015.
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