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Kembo Uba Kembo

1947 - 2007

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Jean Kembo Uba-Kembo (27 December 1947 – 26 March 2007) was a Congolese football midfielder who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Born in Matete, Kembo played club football for AS Vita Club He made several appearances for Zaire, including appearances at the 1968 and 1974 African Cup of Nations finals. Kembo scored two goals in the decisive qualifier versus Morocco in a 3–0 win that clinched Zaire's place in the 1974 World Cup. Kembo's son, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, was a professional footballer who played for Rennes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kembo Uba Kembo is the 1,558th most popular soccer player (up from 1,975th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 16th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Congolese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kembo Uba Kembo ranks 1,558 out of 21,273. Before him are Augusto da Costa, Yoshinori Shigematsu, Soh Chin Ann, Ciriaco Errasti, Mick Jones, and Vlatko Marković. After him are Nikita Simonyan, Edmundo, Enrique Fernández Viola, Braulio Musso, Željko Petrović, and Romeo Benetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kembo Uba Kembo ranks 347. Before him are Giancarlo Minardi, Bernard Giraudeau, Gunnar Hansen, Lamar Smith, Stéphane Courtois, and Jacki Weaver. After him are Chung Un-chan, Leszek Balcerowicz, Peer Steinbrück, Jaroslav Pollák, Gregg Allman, and Hans-Jürgen Kreische. Among people deceased in 2007, Kembo Uba Kembo ranks 191. Before him are Darlene Conley, Dabbs Greer, Paek Nam-sun, Chandra Shekhar, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, and Antonio Aguilar. After him are Max Roach, Nazik Al-Malaika, Hans Wegner, Al Oerter, Benjamin Libet, and Jim Gray.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kembo Uba Kembo ranks 17 out of 107. Before him are Antoine Gizenga (1925), Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Papa Wemba (1949), Simon Kimbangu (1887), and Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930). After him are Ota Benga (1883), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Marie Myriam (1957), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), and Mwepu Ilunga (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among soccer players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kembo Uba Kembo ranks 2. Before him are Claude Makélélé (1973). After him are Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), Jean Kalala N'Tumba (1949), Steve Mandanda (1985), Bwanga Tshimen (1949), Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), José Bosingwa (1982), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), and Kibonge Mafu (1945).

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