Chancel Mbemba

Chancel Mbemba

Mbemba in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Chancel Mangulu Mbemba[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back, full-back
Team information
Current team	Marseille
Number	99
Youth career
2006–2007	E.S. La Grace
2007–2008	Mputu
2008–2012	MK Etanchéité
2012–2013	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Anderlecht	63	(6)
2015–2018	Newcastle United	54	(1)
2018–2022	Porto	87	(5)
2022–	Marseille	61	(7)
International career‡
2012–	DR Congo	90	(6)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  DR Congo Africa Cup of Nations 2015 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024

Chancel Mangulu Mbemba (born 8 August 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and serves as captain for the DR Congo national team.

Mbemba began his professional career Anderlecht, where he won the Belgian Pro League in his debut season of 2013–14. A year later, he moved to Newcastle United, where he played in the Premier League and won the Championship in 2017. In four years at Porto, he won the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal double in 2020 and 2022.

A full international for DR Congo since 2012, Mbemba has earned over 80 caps and represented the country at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, finishing third in 2015.