Dimitri Mbuyu (born 31 October 1964) is a retired

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of Congolese origin. He played as an attacker. He was the first black player to be selected for

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, appearing in one international, a 1–0 loss to

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on 4 February 1987 in

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.Colourful Pioneers
RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

Club career

Former player for

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

, he later took over as manager of

FC Brussels Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last pl ...

, after having been coach at

KFC Verbroedering Geel K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel was a Belgian association football club from the city of Geel in Antwerp (province). History The club was born in 1921 as a merger of Flandria and Geel Sport, becoming Flandria Geel Sport, and registered in 1924 to the ...

during the 2000–2001 season, and caretaker manager of the same club.

Club career

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