Jean Kembo Uba-Kembo (27 December 1947 – 26 March 2007) was a Congolese football

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who played for

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Born in

Matete Matete is one of the 24 communes that are the administrative divisions of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Location Matete is located south of Boulevard Lumumba () from the Matete River, just east of the Li ...

, Kembo played club football for AS Vita Club, where he would win the African Cup of Champions Clubs. He made several appearances for Zaire, including appearances at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

and

1974 African Cup of Nations The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its s ...

finals. Kembo scored two goals in the decisive qualifier versus

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in a 3–0 win that clinched Zaire's place in the 1974 World Cup.

Personal life

Kembo's son, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, was a professional footballer who played for

Stade Rennais F.C. Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pla ...

References

External links

FIFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kembo Uba Kembo 1947 births 2007 deaths Footballers from Kinshasa Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders AS Vita Club players 1974 FIFA World Cup players 1968 African Cup of Nations players 1970 African Cup of Nations players 1974 African Cup of Nations players 1976 African Cup of Nations players 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people