Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana (born 21 January 1987) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

On 21 December 2007,

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

saved the rights on him after he had played one season for

Union Saint-Gilloise Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Jo ...

, after the season returned in July 2009 back to

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. On 31 August 2011, his contract with Anderlecht was terminated by mutual agreement. On 2 September 2011, it was announced that Kudimbana had signed a one-year contract with his former club

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. Following the 2011–12 season, Kudimbana moved to

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team Oostende. In January 2014, Kudimbana joined former club Anderlecht on loan from Oostende for the rest of the season. Despite not playing a match in that time Anderlecht signed him up permanently in June 2014. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kudimbana joined Wallonia Walhain. Kudimbana had also received an offer earlier that year to become a goalkeepers coach at his former club Anderlecht, where his childhood friend

Vincent Kompany Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany (; ; born 10 April 1986) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back and is the current manager of EFL Championship club Burnley. He most notably played for Manchester Ci ...

had just arrived as player-coach. On 31 March 2020, Kudimbana moved to RCS Brainois. In July 2020 he signed with

Roeselare Roeselare (; french: Roulers, ; West Flemish: ''Roeseloare'') is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. The ...

, but because the club went bankrupt a few months later, he never made an official appearance for the West Flemish club. He only found a new club with

in January 2021. Later that year he also started working as a goalkeepers coach in the youth department of

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International career

He made his first cap for Congo DR national football team against

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on 26 March 2008 and is former member of the Belgium U-21.

Honours

Club

Anderlecht *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

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National

DR Congo *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

bronze:

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Brussels Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through descent Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players K.V. Oostende players Royal Antwerp F.C. players R. Wallonia Walhain Chaumont-Gistoux players K.S.V. Roeselare players Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Black Belgian sportspeople {{DRCongo-footy-bio-stub