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Fabrice Muamba
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| Fabrice Muamba | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 6, 1988 (age 18) | |
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Birmingham City (on loan from Arsenal) |
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| Number | 26 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2002–2005 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005– 2006– |
Arsenal → Birmingham City (loan) |
0 (0) 28 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Fabrice Muamba (born 6 April 1988 in Kinshasa) is an Anglo-Congolese footballer, who currently plays in midfield for Birmingham City, on loan from Arsenal.
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Muamba's family fled the Second Congo War and arrived in England in 1999 as asylum seekers[citation needed] (his father having already been granted asylum in 1994),[citation needed] settling in Walthamstow, London.
Muamba impressed in school football and joined Arsenal as a youth signing full professional terms on 1 July 2004. He made his first team debut on 25 October 2005 in a Carling Cup tie against Sunderland.
In August 2006, Muamba joined Birmingham City on a season-long loan from Arsenal.[1]
Fabrice has cemented a first team place at Birmingham City, and was named a hot prospect for 2007 by World Soccer Magazine.[citation needed] He has gained the reputation of being a determined, hard working midfielder who commands the centre with the prowess of a player of vastly greater experience.[citation needed] He also has a reputation of bursting forward from midfield to support the strikers,[citation needed] but has yet to score in the blue of Birmingham.
Muamba has been linked with a permanent move from Arsenal in the summer of 2007. Birmingham City have confirmed they would be interested in signing him on a permanent deal,[2] but Reading,[3] Everton,[citation needed] Fulham[3] and Wigan Athletic[3] are all rumoured to be interested.
As a naturalised British citizen, Muamba is eligible to play for any of the Home Nations, and has represented England at U16, U17 and U19[4] levels. He is the current captain for the England U19 team.[citation needed] He has also been compared to French midfield star Patrick Vieira.[citation needed]
- ^ "Arsenal pair to join Birmingham", BBC Sport, 2006-07-27. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Bruce eyes permanent Muamba deal", BBC Sport, 2007-01-15. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ a b c "Blues in race for Fab deal", The Daily Mirror, 2007-03-27. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Muamba called up by England U19s", BBC Sport, 2006-09-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
| Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Cole | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 19 Vine | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | 29 Legzdins | 31 Pearce | Manager: Bruce |
Categories: Articles with unsourced statements since March 2007 | All articles with unsourced statements | 1988 births | Living people | English footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | FA Premier League players | Arsenal F.C. players | Birmingham City F.C. players | Footballers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | English Congo-Kinshasa people