Dieumerci Mbokani

Dieumerci Mbokani is the kind of striker I instinctively root for. Born in Kinshasa, captain and all-time top scorer of the DR Congo national team, he used his 185 cm frame to carve out a long European career across Anderlecht, Wolfsburg, Monaco, Norwich, and more. The 2012 Belgian Golden Shoe is hard proof of his quality. What impresses me most is the sheer persistence: leaving Africa, surviving the churn of the European leagues, and staying a goalscorer through it all takes a single-minded hunger. He is a number nine who carried his country's pride on his shoulders, and that loyalty makes him easy to love.

Name (English)

Dieumerci Mbokani

Name (Japanese)

ディウメルシ・ムボカニ

Reading

でぃうめるし・むぼかに

Born

November 22, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Belgian Golden Shoe

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieumerci%20Mbokani
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9C%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552597

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-23

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