Kevin Mbabu
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melingo Kevin Mbabu[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 April 1995||
Place of birth | Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Newcastle United | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Servette | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Servette | 1 | (0) |
2013– | Newcastle United | 3 | (0) |
2015 | → Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011 | Switzerland U16 | 8 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Switzerland U17 | 7 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Switzerland U19 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC) |
Melingo Kevin Mbabu (born 19 April 1995) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Championship as a defender.
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Club career
Servette
Mbabu made his professional debut as a 66th-minute substitute for Servette in a Swiss Super League match against Lausanne-Sport on 26 September 2012.[3]
Newcastle United
After a successful trial, Mbabu signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Newcastle United, moving for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2013.[4][5]
Rangers (loan)
On 2 February 2015, Mbabu signed for Scottish Championship club Rangers on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season but he did not play in any games or even make it onto the bench once.[6]
Return to Newcastle
Mbabu made his Newcastle debut against Sheffield Wednesday in the Capital One Cup, coming on as a substitute for Daryl Janmaat on 23 September 2015. On 26 September 2015, Mbabu made his full Newcastle debut against Chelsea starting at left-back.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 November 2015[8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Servette | 2012–13 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Newcastle United | 2015–16 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/rookie-newcastle-defender-kevin-mbabu-handed-full-debut-against-chelsea-1-7482390
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External links
- Kevin Mbabu at Soccerway
- Kevin Mbabu profile at servettefc.ch
- Kevin Mbabu profile at ESPN FC
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- EngvarB from September 2014
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Swiss footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Servette FC players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Swiss expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Switzerland youth international footballers
- Premier League players
- Swiss football biography stubs