Albert Tubilandu Ndimbi (15 March 1948 – 17 June 2021) was a
Congolese football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
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. He also played for
AS Vita Club.
Career
Born in
Léopoldville
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of ...
,
Ndimbi appeared in his team's second match in the 1974 World Cup against
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. Zaire was 3–0 down, and they substituted goalkeeper
Kazadi with Tubilandu in the 21st minute. This was the first instance of a goalkeeper substitution in the World Cup for any other reason than injury. Unfortunately, Tubilandu's first task was to put the ball off the net after
Ivan Buljan
Ivan "Iko" Buljan (born 11 December 1949) is Croatian sport manager and a former Yugoslavian footballer, who played as a defender. He was a member of the Yugoslavia squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1976.
Playing career
Buljan wa ...
's free kick was headed in by
Josip Katalinski. Yugoslavia were 6–0 up by half time, and they eventually won 9–0.
As late as 1985, Tubilandu was still playing for Zaire, appearing in a
1986 African Cup of Nations qualifying match versus the
Republic of the Congo in
Brazzaville.
Tubilandu hailed from the
Kinshasa commune of
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 ...
. He retired from football in 1989. He died in the
Clinique Ngaliema in Kinshasa on 17 June 2021, after a long period of illness.
References
External links
FIFA profile
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1948 births
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 goalkeepers
AS Vita Club players
1974 African Cup of Nations players
1974 FIFA World Cup players
2021 deaths