Tubilandu Ndimbi

Tubilandu Ndimbi

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Personal information
Full name	Albert Tubilandu Ndimbi[1]
Date of birth	(1948-03-15)15 March 1948
Place of birth	Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Date of death	17 June 2021(2021-06-17) (aged 73)
Place of death	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	AS Vita Club
International career
1974–1985	Zaire
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Tubilandu Ndimbi (15 March 1948 – 17 June 2021) was a Congolese football goalkeeper who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He also played for AS Vita Club.^[3]

Born in Léopoldville,^[1] Ndimbi appeared in his team's second match in the 1974 World Cup against Yugoslavia. Zaire was 3–0 down, and they substituted goalkeeper Kazadi with Tubilandu in the 21st minute. This was the first instance of a goalkeeper substitution in the World Cup for any other reason than injury. Unfortunately, Tubilandu's first task was to put the ball off the net after Ivan Buljan's free kick was headed in by Josip Katalinski. Yugoslavia were 6–0 up by half time, and they eventually won 9–0.

As late as 1985, Tubilandu was still playing for Zaire, appearing in a 1986 African Cup of Nations qualifying match versus the Republic of the Congo in Brazzaville.^[4]

Tubilandu hailed from the Kinshasa commune of Matete. He retired from football in 1989.^[5] He died in the Clinique Ngaliema in Kinshasa on 17 June 2021, after a long period of illness.^[6]

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