Chancel Mbemba

(Chancel Mbemba Mangulu)

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Born
1994 (31 years old)
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Kinshasa, Zaire

Position
Centre-Back

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
18

Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight
80 kg (176 lb)

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Side
Right

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Sport

Soccer

Team
Lille

2nd Team
DR Congo

League
French Ligue 1

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Description

Chancel Mangulu Mbemba (born 8 August 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lille and the DR Congo national team, of which he is the captain.

Mbemba began his professional career Anderlecht, where he won the Belgian Pro League in his debut season of 2013–14. A year later, he moved to Newcastle United, where he played in the Premier League and won the Championship in 2017. In four years at Porto, he won the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal double in 2020 and 2022.

A full international for DR Congo since 2012, Mbemba is the national team’s most capped player and represented the country at six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, finishing third in 2015.

Season Stats
17 appearances in the current 2025-2026 Season
1 goals scored in the current 2025-2026 Season
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Trophies

Portuguese Taca de… 2021-2022	Portuguese Primeira Liga 2019-2020	Portuguese Taca de… 2019-2020
English Championship 2016-2017	Belgian Pro League 2013-2014