Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala (born February 8, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for

CS Mont-Royal Outremont Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. Their women's team has compet ...

Early life

Mutambala was born in a refugee camp in Nyarugusu, Tanzania, but grew up in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

in Canada. He began playing youth soccer at age 10 with AS Sud-Ouest Montréal. Afterwards, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, after being scouted playing in the Jeux de la rue.

Club career

In 2018, Mutambala played with Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side

CS Longueuil Club Soccer Longueuil is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Longueuil, Quebec. Since 2014, the club has competed in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. History The club was originally founded in 1970. In 2014, the club joine ...

. In April 2019, Mutambala joined USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC. After one seasons with the Fury, the club would cease operations for the 2020 season, making Mutambala a free agent. In 2021, he played with

FC Lanaudière Football Club Lanaudière was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Lanaudière-Nord, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. The club was founded in 2016 by the Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) Lanaudi� ...

in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. In 2022, he joined another PLSQ side

, where he got to compete in the

2022 Canadian Championship The 2022 Canadian Championship was the fifteenth edition of Canada's national soccer cup tournament, awarding the Voyageurs Cup. It took place from May 10 to July 26, 2022. The winners of the tournament, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded th ...

International career

In 2015, he attended a youth camp with the Canadian U16 national team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutambala, Protais 1999 births Living people Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Men's association football midfielders Soccer people from Quebec Sportspeople from Quebec City Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Naturalized citizens of Canada Ottawa Fury FC players Ligue1 Québec players USL Championship players CS Longueuil players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players FC Lanaudière players