Émile Mpenza
Mpenza with Manchester City in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Zellik, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | LC Mesvins | ||
| 1989–1995 | Kortrijk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Kortrijk | 32 | (5) |
| 1996–1997 | Mouscron | 31 | (12) |
| 1997–1999 | Standard Liège | 46 | (20) |
| 2000–2003 | Schalke 04 | 79 | (28) |
| 2003–2004 | Standard Liège | 28 | (21) |
| 2004–2006 | Hamburger SV | 36 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | Al-Rayyan | 19 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | Manchester City | 25 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Sion | 31 | (21) |
| 2010–2012 | Neftchi Baku | 31 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Eendracht Aalst | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 367 | (134) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–1996 | Belgium U18 | 7 | (6) |
| 1995 | Belgium U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 1996 | Belgium U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–2009 | Belgium | 57 | (19) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:34, 9 March 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:52, 31 May 2012 (UTC) |
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Eka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza (born 4 July 1978) is a Belgian former footballer of Congolese descent who played as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Belgium. His older brother, Mbo, was also a footballer who represented Belgium.
Mpenza started his career at K.V. Kortrijk, and then moved to R.E. Mouscron and Standard Liège in quick succession, with older brother Mbo playing alongside in all three clubs. In 2000 he moved to Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04, in an exchange with Michaël Goossens. At Schalke he was very successful together with his compatriot Marc Wilmots and other striker Ebbe Sand but they failed to win the German title on the last day of competition. Mpenza returned to Standard three years later. In 2004–05 he returned to Germany when Hamburger SV signed him for €2.5million. However, in January 2006 he made a surprise move to Qatari team Al Rayyan.
Mpenza signed for Manchester City, after playing and scoring in a specially arranged match at Eastlands on 14 February 2007. "I am not finished and I will prove it in Manchester", Mpenza told Belgian radio station Bel RTL. "I make this move as revenge, with respect to all those who criticised my decision to play in Qatar". He made his debut against Wigan Athletic on 3 March 2007 as a half-time substitute replacing Georgios Samaras. He scored his first goal for the club in the 2–0 win at Middlesbrough on 17 March 2007, and his second in the 1–0 victory at Newcastle United on 30 March. He scored once more in the 2006–07 season, away to Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the season, as City lost 2–1.
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