Yanis Mbombo Lokwa (born 8 April 1994) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Mbombo is a youth exponent of

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

. He made his professional debut for the club on 12 December 2013 in a

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game against Swedish side

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as a starter. He played the full game and scored the only goal for Standard, losing 3–1. On 4 January 2022, Mbombo signed for

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

side

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* * 1994 births Living people Footballers from Brussels Men's association football forwards Belgian men's footballers Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent R.S.C. Anderlecht players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players K.V. Mechelen players Standard Liège players AJ Auxerre players Sint-Truidense V.V. players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Örebro SK players Royal Excel Mouscron players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy players U.D. Vilafranquense players Lyon La Duchère players R.E. Virton players FC Brașov (2021) players RANS Nusantara F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Belgian National Division 1 players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Ligue 2 players Allsvenskan players Liga Portugal 2 players Liga II players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub