Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (born 5 January 1986) is a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

with Congolese roots who last played for Romanian club Oțelul Galați as a striker.

Career

Youth career

Yulu-Matondo started his career at the small team of R. Ans F.C. but was discovered by Jupiler League team

R.E. Mouscron Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mouscron was formed in March 2010 and place ...

where he joined the youth team. He developed further with Club Brugge, where he has successfully managed the step from the youth team to the first team.

Club Brugge K.V.

After four years in the youth team, Yulu-Matondo started playing for the first team of

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

in 2005. He scored a goal for Club Brugge in the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

against

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

Roda JC

In the summer of 2007, he moved from Club Brugge to

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

Levski Sofia

On 30 January 2011, it was announced that

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

had signed Yulu-Matondo.

K.V.C. Westerlo

On 8 September 2011, he returned to near Belgium, joining

K.V.C. Westerlo Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo (; often simply called Westerlo) is a Belgian professional football club located in the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Since 1997–98, Westerlo has been mostly playing in the Belgian Pro ...

and signing a one-year contract.

Bury FC

On 11 February 2013, Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo signed for then League 1 outfit

Bury FC Bury Football Club is an English association football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester, whose team last played in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, in the 2018–19 season. The team are known as "The Shakers", and p ...

on non-contract terms after a three-week trial. But after playing in a reserve game against

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

, he was let go by manager Kevin Blackwell.

Honours

Club Brugge *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2006–07 Belgian Cup, 2006–07

References

External links

* *
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yulu-Matondo, Jeanvion 1986 births Living people Footballers from Kinshasa Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium Club Brugge KV players Roda JC Kerkrade players Bury F.C. players PFC Levski Sofia players K.V.C. Westerlo players ASC Oțelul Galați players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga I players Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Egypt Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Romania Association football forwards