Christoffer Mafoumbi

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Christoffer Mafoumbi
Personal information
Full name Christoffer Henri Mafoumbi[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Roubaix, France
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Armentières
2005–2010 Lille
2010–2011 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Lens B 28 (0)
2014–2015 Le Pontet 12 (0)
2015–2016 Vereya 3 (0)
2016–2017 Free State Stars 4 (0)
2017–2020 Blackpool 18 (0)
2020 → Morecambe (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2022 Mosta 23 (0)
2022–2023 Differdange 13 (0)
2023 Noah 9 (0)
International career‡
2012– Congo 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:53, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Christoffer Henri Mafoumbi (born 3 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.[3] Born in France, Mafoumbi plays for the Congo national football team.

Club career[edit]

Mafoumbi warming up for Blackpool before a friendly at Barrow on 20 July 2019

Born in Roubaix, Mafoumbi joined Lille OSC's youth setup in 2005, aged 11. In 2010, he moved to RC Lens,[4] being later assigned to the reserves in Championnat de France amateur the following year.

Mafoumbi made his senior debut on 26 May 2012, starting in a goalless home draw against AC Amiens. On 12 April 2013, he appeared with the main squad in a goalless away draw against SM Caen for the Ligue 2 championship, but remained as an unused substitute.[5]

On 23 July 2014, Mafoumbi joined US Le Pontet, also in CFA.[6]

On 25 November 2015, Mafoumbi signed a contract with Bulgarian side Vereya.[7]

On 20 July 2017, Mafoumbi signed a two-year contract with English League One side Blackpool.[8]

He joined League Two club Morecambe on loan for the second half of the 2019–20 season on 15 January 2020.[9]

Mafoumbi was released by Blackpool in June 2020.[10]

After spending some time in Malta with Mosta, Mafoumbi joined Luxembourg-based side Differdange for the 2022-23 season. In October 2022, he pledged himself on a part-time basis for the newly-formed English Lower League side AFC Crewe. [11]

International career[edit]

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 Le Roy's 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[12] Mafoumbi made his debut in the competition on 17 January, starting in a 1–1 draw against Equatorial Guinea.[13]

Mafoumbi started the first two games of Congo's appearance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[14]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 3 September 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens B 2011–12 CFA 1 0 – – – 1 0
2012–13 19 0 – – – 19 0
2013–14 8 0 – – – 8 0
Total 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Le Pontet 2014–15 CFA 12 0 0 0 – – 12 0
Vereya Stara Zagora 2015–16 Bulgarian B Group 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Free State Stars 2016–17 South African Premier Division 4 0 1 0 – 0 0 5 0
Blackpool 2017–18[15] League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 0
2018–19[16] League One 14 0 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 18 0
2019–20[17] League One 0 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Blackpool total 18 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 26 0
Career total 65 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 74 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ ESPN FC Profile
  3. ^ Christoffer Mafoumbi at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Entraînement du mardi" [Tuesday training] (in French). Lens' official website. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ^ "SM Caen – RC Lens". Ligue 1. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Mafoumbi rejoint le Pontet et sera titulaire" [Mafoumbi joins Le Pontet and will be the starter] (in French). ADIA Congo. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ^ "ФК Верея привлече националния вратар на Република Конго" (in Bulgarian). fcvereya.bg. 25 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Mafoumbi Pens Blackpool Contract". blackpoolfc.co.uk. 20 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Christoffer Mafoumbi: Congo goalkeeper joins Morecambe on loan from Blackpool". bbc.co.uk/sport. 15 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Club Confirms Retained List" - Blackpool F.C., 11 June, 2020
  11. ^ "Welcome Chris Mafoumbi" - AFC Crewe, 11 October, 2022
  12. ^ "Nations Cup 2015: LeRoy finalises Congo squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Equatorial Guinea 1–1 Congo". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ Christoffer Mafoumbi at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ^ "Games played by Christoffer Mafoumbi in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Games played by Christoffer Mafoumbi in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Games played by Christoffer Mafoumbi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

External links[edit]

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