Mavis Tchibota

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Mavis Tchibota
Mavis Tchibota 2021.jpg
Tchibota with Ludogorets Razgrad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Mavis Tchibota Dufounou
Date of birth (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger[3]
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Diables Noirs
2015–2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 (0)
2015–2017 → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 58 (8)
2017–2018 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 33 (8)
2018–2019 Bnei Yehuda 30 (11)
2019–2022 Ludogorets Razgrad 58 (13)
2022– Maccabi Haifa 2 (0)
National team‡
2011 Congo U17 4 (0)
2017– Congo 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Mavis Tchibota Dufounou (Hebrew: מאויס צ'יבוטה דפונו;[4] born 7 May 1996) is a Congolese-Israeli association footballer who plays as a left winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Congo national football team.[2]

Club career[]

Tchibota began his career in his native Congolese league playing for Diables Noirs, before officially joining the system of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015.[2][5] He spent the majority of his time out on loan with fellow Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Kfar Saba, joining in July 2015.[6] He scored his opening senior goal in his second match, notching a seventy second-minute winner over Maccabi Haifa.[2] Tchibota stayed for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, netting ten times in sixty-nine fixtures in all competitions for Hapoel Kfar Saba.[2] Bnei Yehuda signed Tchibota on loan on 4 July 2017.[2] Twelve months later, he was signed permanently via a swap for Maor Kandil.[7]

On 19 February 2019, Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad announced Tchibota had penned a pre-contract agreement with the club; effective from the succeeding June.[8][9] He scored on his competitive debut for them, netting in their 2–0 Bulgarian Supercup victory over Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 3 July.[2] After a further goal in UEFA Europa League qualifying against The New Saints, Tchibota scored his first league goal on 22 September versus Arda Kardzhali.[2] He netted a hat-trick on 25 September in the Bulgarian Cup versus second tier team Neftochimic.[2] In February 2022 Tchibota returned to Israel, joining Maccabi Haifa.[10]

International career[]

Tchibota was selected in the Congo U17 squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.[2] He won four caps as his nation advanced from Group A, prior to losing in the following round to Uruguay.[2] He received a stadium ovation from fans in Congo's tournament opener against the Netherlands.[11] He represented the U20s in 2014.[12][13] In September 2017, Tchibota was called up to the seniors for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with Ghana.[2] He won his debut cap on 5 September as Congo lost 1–5 in Brazzaville.[2] His second cap came in October 2020 in a friendly against Gambia.[1]

Personal life[]

Tchibota was born in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, to a non-Jewish family.[1] He is the son of former Congo international footballer Pierre Tchibota.[11] He arrived in Israel at the age of fifteen with his mother, though further difficulties delayed their entry to the local youth club of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[6][14] In 2016, Tchibota applied for citizenship via marriage, which would've allowed him to play for the Israel national football team - a "dream" of Tchibota's. However, that became impossible in September 2017 following his competitive debut for Congo - which occurred due to delays in obtaining Israeli citizenship.[6][14] In January 2018, Tchibota received his temporary residence identity card.[14] In May 2016, he civil married in Cyprus his Israeli partner Karolina, and they have one daughter together named Adelle.[14] Eventually, he received his Israeli citizenship via marriage, later on in January 2018.[14]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 17 December 2021.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2015–16 Israeli Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 2015–16 Israeli Premier League 29 3 4 1 2 0 — 0 0 35 4
2016–17 29 5 1 0 4 1 — 0 0 34 6
Total 58 8 5 1 6 1 — 0 0 69 10
Bnei Yehuda (loan) 2017–18 Israeli Premier League 33 8 1 0 3 0 4[a] 1 1[b] 0 42 9
Bnei Yehuda 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 30 11 4 0 4 1 — 0 0 38 12
Ludogorets Razgrad 2019–20 First League 25 7 3 4 — 12[c] 1 1[d] 1 41 13
2020–21 17 3 3 2 — 7[e] 1 1[d] 0 28 6
2020–21 15 3 2 0 — 11[f] 0 1[d] 1 29 4
Total 57 13 8 6 — 30 2 3 2 98 23
Career total 178 40 18 7 13 2 34 3 4 2 247 54
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in Israel Super Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c Appearance in Bulgarian Supercup
  5. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League, and appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of 12 March 2021.[2][1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Congo 2017 1 0
2020 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours[]

Bnei Yehuda[2]

Ludogorets[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mavis Tchibota". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Congo - M. Tchibota". Soccerway. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Mavis Tchibota". World Football. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - פרטי שחקן".
  5. ^ "Winger Mavis Tchibota returns from trial to boost Diables Noirs against Edubiase". Ghana Soccernet. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "מאוויס צ'יבוטה יפתח בהליך לקבלת אזרחות". Sport 5. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ "מאור קנדיל מצטרף למכבי". Maccabi Tel Aviv. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Лудогорец подписа с конгоански национал от Израел". Ludogorets. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Ludogorets introduced Biton and Tchibota". Ludogorets. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. ^ "ברוך הבא, מאוויס" (in Hebrew). mhaifafc.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Tchibota, le football dans les gènes". FIFA. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Congo U-20 aim to end 8-year drought". African Football. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  13. ^ "19th Edition of The African U-20 Championship, Senegal 2015". Confederation of African Football. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e "צ'יבוטה: מכבי אכזבה אותי, לא רצו אותי באמת". One (in Hebrew). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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