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Mwanza Mukombo

Mwanza Mukombo (number 3) playing in the Zaire vs. Brazil match at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Albert Mwanza Mukombo
Date of birth	(1945-12-17)17 December 1945
Place of birth	Belgian Congo
Date of death	13 October 2001(2001-10-13) (aged 55)
Place of death	Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	TP Mazembe
International career
1968–1976	Zaire	31	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Mwanza Mukombo (17 December 1945 – 13 October 2001) was a Congolese footballer who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for TP Mazembe.

He is well-known among Argentine sticker collectors due to his sticker for the 1974 World Cup Album by Panini being near-impossible to collect due to its rarity.

References

1. "Mwanza Mukombo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
2. Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
3. 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany
4. Firpo, Hernán (21 August 2021). "Mukombo: la figurita difícil que amargó generaciones y se convirtió en la más buscada de la Argentina". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

• FIFA profile

Zaire squads

v t e Zaire squad – 1974 African Cup of Nations winners (2nd title) GK Tubilandu GK Mwamba DF Boba DF Tshimen DF Ilunga MF Kembo MF Ngoie MF Mafu MF Mafuila MF Maku MF Mantantu MF Mukombo MF Tshinabu MF Mbungu FW Ekofa FW Etepé FW Mamuwene FW Mulamba Coach: Vidinić v t e Zaire squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup 1 Mwamba 2 Ilunga 3 Mukombo 4 Tshimen 5 Boba 6 Massamba 7 Tshinabu 8 Mamuwene 9 Kembo Kembo 10 Mantantu (c) 11 Babo 12 Ndimbi 13 Mulamba 14 Mayanga Maku 15 Mafu 16 Mialo 17 Ngoie 18 Mafuila 19 Ekofa 20 Ntumba 21 Etepé 22 Otepa Coach: Vidinić

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