Fabrice Muamba

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Fabrice Muamba
Fabrice Muamba warmup Arsenal vs Bolton, 2011.jpg
Fabrice Muamba (2011)
Personnel
Surname Fabrice Ndala Muamba
birthday April 6, 1988
place of birth Kinshasa ,  Zaire
size 188 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
2002-2005 Arsenal FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2006 Arsenal FC 0 (0)
2006-2008 Birmingham City 71 (2)
2008–2012 Bolton Wanderers 130 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2007-2011 England U-21 33 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Fabrice Ndala Muamba (born April 6, 1988 in Kinshasa ) is a former English football player . The defensive midfielder, who was born in Zaire (now: Democratic Republic of the Congo), was last under contract with Bolton Wanderers from the 2008/09 season to the end of the 2011/12 season .

Early life

Muamba was born in 1988 in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo ). His father fled the country in 1994 because of the political situation and asked for asylum in Great Britain . In 1999 his father was granted permanent residence rights and he brought his family to England. Fabrice Muamba from then on lived in the London district of Walthamstow and went to school there. Although he came to speak English until the age of eleven years and without a single word to London, he received his A-level -Schulabschluss.

Club career

Muamba joined Arsenal FC's youth department in 2002 and joined the club's academy in August 2004 . In October 2005 he signed his first professional contract and made his competitive debut in the League Cup against Sunderland FC a short time later .

For the 2006/07 season, Muamba was awarded to the second division club Birmingham City . After initial difficulties, he managed to play his way into the regular formation and occupied the place in the central midfield. At the end of the season, the club was in second place in the table and rose to the Premier League . He was voted “Young Player of the Season” by the fans.

On May 11, 2007, Muamba signed a three-year contract with Birmingham, Arsenal received a transfer fee of four million pounds for the talent according to the club. After just over a year, he joined the Bolton Wanderers on June 16, 2008 for a transfer fee of five million pounds .

Cardiac arrest and end of career

On March 17, 2012 in the FA Cup game against Tottenham Hotspur he collapsed in the 40th minute, after which the game was canceled. It took 78 minutes for his heart to beat again. On April 16, 2012, Muamba was released from the hospital; some doctors called this rapid recovery a "medical miracle". On August 15, 2012, Muamba announced that he was ending his active career.

National team

As a naturalized Briton, Muamba is eligible to play for each of the four Home Nations (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland). He represented different English age groups in international matches and was the captain of the U19 national team. In the English U21 team, he was first called up in August 2007 for a friendly against Romania. In 2009 and 2011 he took part in the U-21 European Championship with England .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ timesonline.co.uk: Muamba handed Highbury haven (Feb. 28, 2005)
  2. ↑ a b timesonline.co.uk: Muamba may be answer to England's prayers (Nov. 21, 2006)
  3. ^ Sunday Mercury: University challenged (April 22, 2007)
  4. ↑ arsenal.com: Young Guns - Fabrice Muamba (Nov. 2, 2005)
  5. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Arsenal pair to join Birmingham (July 27, 2006)
  6. ↑ Birmingham Mail: Clemence scoops top award at Blues (May 3, 2007)
  7. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Muamba signs deal with Birmingham (May 11, 2007)
  8. ↑ blues.co.uk: Blues snap up Muamba (May 11, 2007) ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blues.premiumtv.co.uk
  9. ↑ Bolton's Muamba is fighting for his life. The standard , accessed March 17, 2012 .
  10. ↑ http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fus_international/fussball_international_premierleague/newspage_545232.html
  11. ↑ bwfc.co.uk: Fabrice Muamba Statement , August 15, 2012, accessed August 15, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Muamba, Fabrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muamba, Fabrice Ndala (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Kinshasa , Zaire