Gabriel "Gaby" Mudingayi (born 1 October 1981) is a Congolese-Belgian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Early years
Mudingayi moved to Belgium at a young age and started his career at the third division club
Union Saint-Gilloise
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. He spent two seasons with the club before moving to
Jupiler League side
Gent, aged 19.
Mudingayi established himself in the club's starting XI during the following campaigns, and was selected to represent
Belgium
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at both youth and senior level for the first time.
Move to Italy: Torino and Lazio
In January 2004 Mudingayi joined Italian
Serie B
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side
Torino, helping the club win promotion back to
Serie A
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in
2005
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. However, the club went bankrupt, releasing all the players as free agents. He moved to
Lazio
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in August 2005.
After struggling with injuries, Mudingayi scored his first and only goal for Lazio on 8 January 2006, in a 4–1 win over
Ascoli. However, on 22 April, in a 1–1 away draw against
Juventus, his leg was broken in a tackle by
Fabio Cannavaro.
Mudingayi only became a regular starter in the
2006–07 campaign, under
Delio Rossi, appearing in 28 matches.
Bologna
On 21 July 2008, Mudingayi was sold to newly promoted team
Bologna
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for €7 million,
[ on a five-year contract.][ with part of the transfer ]receivable
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of Lazio was converted to the signing of Mourad Meghni outright, for an additional €1.75m.
Internazionale
On 20 July 2012, Internazionale announced that they had signed Mudingayi from Bologna on loan, with an option to purchase. The loan fee was €750,000.[ on a two-year contract.][ However, he went on to appear only eight minutes during the whole ]season
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, being released in the following year.
Elche
On 20 October 2014, Mudingayi signed a one-year deal with La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
side Elche CF. However, he could not be registered due to the club's financial troubles, and left on 3 February of the following year.
Cesena
On 11 February 2015, he was signed by Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was ...
.
Pisa
In October 2016 Mudingayi was signed by Pisa
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. He was released on 31 January 2017.
References
External links
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Profile at AIC.Football.it
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1981 births
Footballers from Kinshasa
Living people
Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium
Belgian footballers
Association football midfielders
Belgian Pro League players
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
K.A.A. Gent players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Torino F.C. players
S.S. Lazio players
Bologna F.C. 1909 players
Inter Milan players
Belgian expatriate footballers
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Belgium international footballers
Belgium under-21 international footballers
Black Belgian sportspeople