Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana (born 21 January 1987) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sint-Eloois-Winkel.

Career

On 21 December 2007, Anderlecht saved the rights on him after he had played one season for Union Saint-Gilloise, after the season returned in July 2009 back to R.S.C. Anderlecht. On 31 August 2011, his contract with Anderlecht was terminated by mutual agreement. On 2 September 2011, it was announced that Kudimbana had signed a one-year contract with his former club Cercle Brugge. Following the 2011–12 season, Kudimbana moved to Belgian Second Division team Oostende.

Nicaise Kudimbana

In January 2014, Kudimbana joined former club Anderlecht on loan from Oostende for the rest of the season. Despite not playing a match in that time Anderlecht signed him up permanently in June 2014.

Nicaise Kudimbana

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kudimbana joined Wallonia Walhain. Kudimbana had also received an offer earlier that year to become a goalkeepers coach at his former club Anderlecht, where his childhood friend Vincent Kompany had just arrived as player-coach.

Nicaise Kudimbana

On 31 March 2020, Kudimbana moved to RCS Brainois. In July 2020 he signed with Roeselare, but because the club went bankrupt a few months later, he never made an official appearance for the West Flemish club. He only found a new club with Sint-Eloois-Winkel in January 2021. Later that year he also started working as a goalkeepers coach in the youth department of Léopold FC.

International career

He made his first cap for Congo DR national football team against Algeria on 26 March 2008 and is former member of the Belgium U-21.

Honours

Club

Anderlecht

Belgian Super Cup: 2014

National

DR Congo

Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015

References

External links

1987 births

Living people

Footballers from Brussels

Belgian men's footballers

Belgium men's under-21 international footballers

Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through descent

Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers

R.S.C. Anderlecht players

Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players

Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players

K.V. Oostende players

Royal Antwerp F.C. players

R. Wallonia Walhain Chaumont-Gistoux players

K.S.V. Roeselare players

Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players

Belgian Pro League players

Challenger Pro League players

2015 Africa Cup of Nations players

2017 Africa Cup of Nations players

Black Belgian sportspeople