Christoffer Mafoumbi
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Personal information
Full name
Christoffer Mafoumbi
Date of birth
3 March 1994
Place of birth
Roubaix, France
Height
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position
Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Blackpool
Congo
Blackpool FC Season 2017-
Article
Youth career
Armentières
Lille
2005-2010
Lens
2010-2011
Senior career
Lens B
2011-2014
28x apps / 0x goal
Le Pontet
2014-2015
12x apps / 0x goal
Vereya
2015-2016
3x apps / 0x goal
Free State Stars
2016-2017
4x apps / 0x goal
Blackpool
2017-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
Congo
2012-
12x apps / 0x goal
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 12:20, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Christoffer Mafoumbi is a Congolese footballer who plays for English club Blackpool as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Roubaix, Mafoumbi joined Lille OSC's youth setup in 2005, aged 11.
In 2010, he moved to RC Lens, being later assigned to the reserves in Championnat de France amateur in the following year.
Mafoumbi made his senior debut on 26 May 2012, starting in a 0:0 home draw against Amiens AC.
On 12 April of the following year, he appeared with the main squad in a 0:0 away draw against SM Caen for the Ligue 2 championship, but remained as an unused substitute.
On 23 July 2014, Mafoumbi joined US Le Pontet, also in CFA.
On 25 November 2015, Mafoumbi signed a contract with Bulgarian side Vereya.
On 20 July 2017, Mofoumbi signed a two year contract with English League One side Blackpool FC..
International career
Mafoumbi made his international debut for Congo on 12 October 2012, playing the entire second half in a 0:3 friendly loss against Egypt.
On 8 January 2015, he was included in Claude LeRoy's 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Mafoumbi made his debut in the competition on 17 January, starting in a 1:1 draw against Equatorial Guinea.
Coach Claude LeRoy believes that Congo midfielder Prince Oniangue can lead the country to at least the last-eight at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Africa Cup of Nations contenders:
Equatorial Guinea (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
Algeria - The Desert Foxes, who reached the second round of this year's World Cup, will face Senegal, Ghana and South Africa in Group C.
Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals
South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.
Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.
Algeria beat Malawi 2:0 in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday to be on the verge of booking their place at the final in Morocco.
Sewe Sport became the first African Confederation Cup finalists from Ivory Coast in 16 years. Al Ahly to meet Sewe Sport in final.
Russia's Torpedo Moscow must close a section of their stadium for their next match following racist abuse aimed at Dynamo Moscow's Christopher Samba.
Séwé Sport edged Congolese visitors AC Léopards
