Vieljeux Prestige Mboungou (born 10 July 2000) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for TSC Bačka Topola and the Congo national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vieljeux Prestige Mboungou | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSC Bačka Topola | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | CARA Brazzaville | ||
| 2018 | CSMD Diables Noirs | ||
| 2018–2019 | MFK Vyškov | ||
| 2019 | → Charlotte Independence (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 42 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Abha | 16 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Metalac Gornji Milanovac (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Ajman | 47 | (10) |
| 2024 | Baniyas | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | TSC Bačka Topola | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Congo | 25 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023 | |||
Club career
editPrestige Mboungou was born in Brazzaville and he started his senior career at CARA Brazzaville in 2016 where he spent 2 seasons. Next, he played one season with CSMD Diables Noirs in 2018, making a total of 3 consecutive seasons in the Congo Premier League.[2] In summer 2018, after winning the Coupe du Congo, he moved abroad and signed with Czech lower-league club MFK Vyškov.[2] In spring of 2019 he moved to the United States to play on loan with Charlotte Independence[3] but his stay is short and by summer he was back in Europe. In January 2020, Mboungou passed trials and signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Serbian second-tier club FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac.[4] On June 2, 2020, Mbongou renewed his contract to one more year with Metalac.[5]
On 6 August 2021, Mboungou joined Saudi club Abha.[6] On 31 January 2022, he was loaned out to former club Metalac with an option to buy.[7]
International career
editAt youth level, Mboungou was part of the Congolese U-17 squad since very early, having scored the second goal in the 3–0 victory over Namibia played home at August 21, 2016, for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers. Then, he was part of the Congolese U-20 squad in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers game against Senegal, a 2–2 home draw, having scored the first goal at 6 minutes of game.
Being his name, Prestige, correspondent to his performances and with the status the Congolese clubs he represented enjoyed domestically, Mboungou debuted for the Congolese main national team already in 2017 being just 16 at the time. His international debut was in a 2–0 home loss to Senegal in a friendly game played on January 11, that year. He entered as substitute replacing Kessel Tsiba after 58 minutes of game.[9]
After that friendly game, Mboungou was selected to the Congo team that played in the 2018 African Nations Championship in which Congo reached the quarter-finals and in which Mboungou was a regular starter in all games.[2]
International statistics
edit- As of match played 13 March 2019.[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
Honours
editDiables Noirs
- Coupe du Congo: 2018[2]
References
edit- ^ "Prestige Mboungou". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d Prestige Mboungou at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Prestige Mboungou profile at Soccerway
- ^ Reprezentativac Konga stigao u Metalac at Sportski žurnal, 26-1-2020 (in Serbian)
- ^ Prestiž do juna 2022. u Metalcu at Sportski žurnal, 2-6-2020
- ^ "نادي أبها يتعاقد مع الكونغولي برستيج مبونجو".
- ^ "وافقت إدارة #نادي_أبها على إعارة لاعب الفريق الأول الكنغولي برستيج مبونغو".
- ^ "لاعب أبها السعودي ينتقل إلى عجمان".
- ^ "Congo 0-2 Senegal". WorldFootball. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Prestige Mboungou at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Prestige Mboungou at CAF