Yrondu Musavu-King (born 8 January 1992) is a Gabonese professional

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who last played as a defender for

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club

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and the Gabon national team. He is the son of

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

ese politician

Augustin Moussavou King Augustin Moussavou King (born 12 October 1959) is a Gabonese politician and the President of the Gabonese Socialist Party (PSG). Running as the PSG candidate in the presidential election held on 27 November 2005, he finished fourth out of five ca ...

Club career

Born in

Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

, Musavu-King moved to France in 1994, aged only two. In 2007, he joined SM Caen's youth setup, after representing SC Hérouville and USON Mondeville. After already playing for the reserve team, Musavu-King made his first team debut on 17 November 2012, starting in a 3–1 away win against US Breteuil, for the season's Coupe de France. Six days later he made his

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home success over Angers SCO. On 1 July 2013, Musavu-King renewed his contract for a further two seasons, until 2015, and was loaned to

ES Uzès Pont du Gard Entente Sportive Uzès Pont du Gard was a French association football club founded in 2005. The club was formed as a result of a merger between two teams; ''ES Pont du Gard'' and ''Gallia Club d'Uzès''. They were based in the town of Uzès and th ...

on 30 August. After returning from loan in the 2014 summer, he was included in the main squad in

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. Musavu-King made his top level debut on 28 September 2014, starting in a 0–0 away draw against RC Lens. He scored his first professional goal on 4 October in a 1–2 home loss against

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. On 2 July 2015, Musavu-King signed a five-year deal with

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side Granada CF. On 28 January 2016, Musavu-King was loaned to

side Lorient until the end of the season. In July 2016, Musavu-King joined Italian club Udinese on a free transfer.. On 31 August 2016, he was loaned to French club

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for the season. In January 2019, he signed for French third-tier club

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

on a six-month deal with the option of a further year, and joined

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of Ligue 2 in August 2019. He left at the end of the 2019–20 season after Le Mans were relegated. On 10 March 2021, Musavu-King joined

side Bengaluru FC. On 3 July 2021, he extended his contract for two more years keeping him at the club until 2023. He debuted for the club on 15 August in a 1–0 win over Maldivian side

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in the

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qualifying play-offs. He later played in all three group stage matches against

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and

Maziya S&RC Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first ...

. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against

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in a 4–2 win.

International career

Musavu-King made his debut for

on 23 March 2013, starting in a 0–1 2014 World Cup qualifier loss against

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References

External links

LFP profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Musavu-King, Yrondu Living people 1992 births Footballers from Libreville Gabonese men's footballers Gabon men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Stade Malherbe Caen players ES Uzès Pont du Gard players Granada CF footballers Udinese Calcio players Toulouse FC players FC St. Gallen players US Boulogne players Le Mans FC players Bengaluru FC players Championnat National 2 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players Championnat National players Ligue 1 players Swiss Super League players Indian Super League players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in India Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Gabonese people