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Christoffer Mafoumbi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 07/2017


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.