Kevin Mbabu

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Kevin Mbabu
Kevin Mbabu Young Boys.jpg
Mbabu (2017)
Personnel
Surname Melingo Kevin Mbabu
birthday April 19, 1995
place of birth Chêne-Bougeries ,  Switzerland
Size 184 cm
position Full-back (right)
Juniors
Years station
0000–2013 Servette FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012 Servette FC U21 1 (0)
2012-2013 Servette FC 1 (0)
2013-2015 Newcastle United U21 17 (0)
2015 →  Glasgow Rangers  (loan) 0 (0)
2015-2016 Newcastle United 3 (0)
2015 Newcastle United U21 4 (0)
2016-2019 BSC Young Boys 77 (3)
2016 BSC Young Boys U21 3 (0)
2019– VfL Wolfsburg 11 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2011 Switzerland U16 8 (1)
2011–2012 Switzerland U-17 7 (0)
2012-2013 Switzerland U-18 4 (1)
2012-2014 Switzerland U-19 4 (0)
2015 Switzerland U-20 2 (0)
2018– Switzerland 8 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 1, 2020

2 As of October 12, 2019

Melingo Kevin Mbabu (born April 19, 1995 in Chêne-Bougeries ) is a Swiss football player . He is under contract with VfL Wolfsburg .

Career

In the club

Beginnings and transfer to the island

Mbabu comes from the youth of Servette FC . In the 2012/13 season he made his debut on September 26, 2012 under Sébastien Fournier as a substitute against FC Lausanne-Sport in the Super League , although he was still part of the A-youth at that time . Shortly before that, he had already played once in the U21 in the fifth-class 2nd league interregionally .

On January 31, 2013 Mbabu moved to the English first division club Newcastle United . There he was initially in the U21 squad, where he made seven appearances by the end of the 2012/13 season; another ten games followed in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.

In February 2015 Mbabu moved to the end of the 2014/15 season to Scottish first division club Glasgow Rangers , where he was not used.

For the 2015/16 season Mbabu returned to Newcastle United, and got three appearances in the Premier League and one each in the FA Cup and League Cup under coach Steve McClaren . Under Rafael Benítez , who took over the squad in March 2016, he did not play in the professional team. He also made four appearances in the U21 team during that season.

Return to Switzerland

Mbabu during the Champions League qualification game against CSKA Moscow 2017

On August 23, 2016 Mbabu returned to Switzerland and initially switched to BSC Young Boys on loan until the end of the 2016/17 season . Under coach Adi Hütter , he was used in 21 league games and scored one goal. He also played three games in the U21 in the 4th division . For the 2017/18 season , the BSC Young Boys finally acquired the transfer rights to Mbabu and provided him with a contract that ran until June 30, 2020. This season Mbabu was a regular player and was used in 32 league games in which he scored two goals. With the team he won the BSC Young Boys' first championship title in 32 years. In the 2018/19 season , the title was defended under the new coach Gerardo Seoane . Mbabu played for the first time in the UEFA Champions League , in which he appeared in five group matches.

Move to Germany

For the 2019/20 season, Mbabu moved to the German Bundesliga for VfL Wolfsburg . At the end of April 2019 he signed a contract with Wolves until 2023. In his fourth Bundesliga match for Wolfsburg on December 18, 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal after a corner in a 1-1 draw against FC Schalke 04 .

In the national team

Mbabu is a former junior national player from Switzerland and was in action from the U16 to the U20.

On September 8, 2018, Mbabu made his senior national team debut in the first group match of the UEFA Nations League against Iceland and played through.

Personal

Mbabu was born in Switzerland. His mother comes from the Congo . He did not get to know his father, a Frenchman.

titles and achievements

BSC Young Boys

Web links

Commons : Kevin Mbabu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United Sign Youngster Mbabu , nufc.co.uk, January 31, 2013, accessed April 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Rangers sign five Newcastle players on loan on deadline day , bbc.com, February 2, 2015, accessed April 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kevin Mbabu switches to YB on loan , bscyb.ch, 23 August 2016, accessed on 18 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Kevin Mbabu stays with the Young Boys , bscyb.ch, June 15, 2017, accessed on April 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Defensive reinforcement, vfl-wolfsburg.de, accessed on April 25, 2019
  6. ↑ 1: 1! Mbabu saves Wolfsburg one point , match report on kicker.de, accessed on December 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Mbabu enchants the island , blick.ch, October 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ The sad secret of YB-Sonnyboy Mbabu , blick.ch, October 29, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mbabu, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mbabu, Melingo Kevin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Chêne-Bougeries , Switzerland