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Protais Mutambala

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Protais Mutambala
Personal information
Full name Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala
Date of birth (1999-02-08) February 8, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Nyarugusu, Tanzania
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2015 AS Sud-Ouest Montréal
2015–2018 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 CS Longueuil 6 (2)
2019 Ottawa Fury 8 (0)
2021 FC Lanaudière 10 (2)
2022– CS Mont-Royal Outremont 7 (0)
International career
2015 Canada U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2, 2022

Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala (born February 8, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for CS Mont-Royal Outremont.

Early life

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Mutambala was born in a refugee camp in Nyarugusu, Tanzania, but grew up in Quebec City in Canada.[1] He began playing youth soccer at age 10 with AS Sud-Ouest Montréal.[1] Afterwards, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, after being scouted playing in the Jeux de la rue.[2][3]

Club career

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In 2018, Mutambala played with Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side CS Longueuil.[4]

In April 2019, Mutambala joined USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC.[5] After one seasons with the Fury, the club would cease operations for the 2020 season, making Mutambala a free agent.[6]

In 2021, he played with FC Lanaudière in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[7]

In 2022, he joined another PLSQ side CS Mont-Royal Outremont, where he got to compete in the 2022 Canadian Championship.[8]

International career

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In 2015, he attended a youth camp with the Canadian U16 national team.[1][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Protais Mutambala at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ^ Hickey, Mike (October 26, 2016). "Long journey for soccer star Bumba-Mutambala". The Suburban.
  3. ^ St-Laurent, Sylvain (April 18, 2019). "Un nouveau joueur québécois avec le Fury" [A new Quebec player with the Fury]. Le Droit (in French).
  4. ^ "Le Fury FC signe le joueur à l'essai Protais Mutambala" [Fury FC sign trial player Protais Mutambala]. Soccer Placement (in French). April 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fury FC signs trialist Protais Mutambala". Ottawa Fury FC. April 20, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Major, Darren (November 8, 2019). "Fury owners blame 'politics' for decision to suspend operations". CBC.
  7. ^ "PLSQ masculine : Le Celtix arrache les trois points sur la pelouse du FC Lanaudière" [Men's PLSQ: Celtix snatches the three points on the lawn of FC Lanaudière]. Just eSoccer (in French). July 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Le CS MRO commence par le plus dur : le Championnat canadien" [CS MRO begins with the hardest part: The Canadian Championship]. Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). May 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "Bumbu Mutambala, Protais profile". CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022.
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