Kule Mbombo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Kule Mbombo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Afula | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | RCK | ||
| 2015–2017 | Vita Club | ||
| 2016–2017 | → Anderlecht (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Vita Club | 3 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Beerschot Wilrijk (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2018 | → AS Trenčín (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Kaisar | 31 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | Riga | 28 | (13) |
| 2021 | → FK Sūduva (loan) | 17 | (8) |
| 2021 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | Sūduva | 25 | (11) |
| 2023 | NorthEast United | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | FC Telavi | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 32 | (11) |
| 2024 | Hapoel Afula | 17 | (6) |
| 2025 | Hapoel Acre | 20 | (9) |
| 2025– | Hapoel Afula | 25 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026 | |||
Richard Kule Mbombo (born 10 May 1996) is a Congolese footballer currently playing as a forward for Liga Leumit club Hapoel Acre.[1]
Career
[edit]On 21 January 2020, Mbombo signed for Riga FC.[2]
FK Sūduva
[edit]In 2021 Riga FC loaned player to Lithuanian FK Sūduva[3]
On 19 March 2021, Kule Mbombo scored his first goal in A lyga.[4]
In the end of June 2021 player return to Latvia.[5][6] In 2021 A lyga season he played 17 matches and scored 8 goals. Also he scored one goal in LFF Cup tournament.[citation needed]
NorthEast United
[edit]In January 2023, Mbombo joined Indian Super League club NorthEast United.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 1 June 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vita Club | 2016–17 | Linafoot | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2[a] | 2 | ? | ? | 2 | 2 |
| Beerschot Wilrijk (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division B | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 9[b] | 1 | 16 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | ||
| AS Trenčín (loan) | 2018–19 | Fortuna Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaisar | 2019 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 9 | ||
| Riga | 2020 | Virslīga | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 24 | 12 | |
| NorthEast United | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Telavi | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 2023–24 | Liga Leumit | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 14 | |
| Hapoel Afula | 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 101 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 120 | 38 | ||
- ↑ Appearances and goals in the CAF Champions League
- ↑ Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League Play-offs
- ↑ 1 appearance in the UEFA Champions League qualifying stage, and 1 appearance in the UEFA Europa League qualifying stage.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2019
References
[edit]- ↑ Kule Mbombo at Soccerway
- ↑ "Riga kreklu pielaikos Kongo uzbrucējs Mbombo". rigafc.lv/ (in Latvian). Riga FC. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ ""Sūduvos" komandoje – puolėjas Kule Mbombo". 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Sūduva - Nevėžis | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
- ↑ ""Sūduva" atsisveikino su penkiais žaidėjais ir pasipildė puolėju | A Lyga | Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga".
- ↑ ""Sūduvos" puolimo lyderis palieka komandą".
- ↑ @NEUtdFC (11 January 2023). "The latest addition to our 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 🤩 African powerhouse, 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙆𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙤, is now a Highlander ❤️🤍🖤 #WelcomeKule #NEUFC #StrongerAsOne #8States1United" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Kule Mbombo at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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