Rio Antonio Mavuba
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Rio Antonio Mavuba | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Rio Antonio Mavuba | |
Date of birth | March 8, 1984 | |
Place of birth | Born at Sea [1], | |
Height | 1.71m | |
Position | Midfield | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Bordeaux | |
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
2003- | Bordeaux | 98 (1) |
National team** | ||
? - present 2004-present |
France U-21 France |
5 (0) |
* Professional club appearances and goals |
Rio Antonio Mavuba (born March 8, 1984 at sea) is a French football player who plays at Bordeaux.
His father, Ricky Mavuba, nicknamed Ndoki Ya Ndombe (The Black Sorcerer), was a Congolese international footballer who participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup; his mother is an Angolan. He was born in a boat in international waters, far away from the Angolan coast.
He made his senior team debut on August 18, 2004 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 1-1 draw.
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Current Squad |
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1 Valverde | 3 C. Henrique | 5 Menegazzo | 6 Jurietti | 7 Laslandes | 8 Alonso | 9 Darcheville | 10 Francia | 11 Šmicer | 12 Perea | 13 Jemmali | 14 Micoud | 15 Lavie | 16 Ramé | 18 Faubert | 19 Ducasse | 20 Dalmat | 23 Marange | 24 Mavuba | 25 Cid | 27 Planus | 29 Chamakh | 31 Baysse | 32 Obertan | 34 Bregerie |
Categories: Living people | 1984 births | French footballers | France international footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | FC Girondins de Bordeaux players | Angolan footballers | Footballers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Congolese-French people | Angolan-French people | French football biography stubs