Merveille Fundambu (born 13 November 1999) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Merveille Fundambu | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Iseka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Elonga | ||
| 2017–2019 | Etanchéité | ||
| 2019–2020 | Weszło Warsaw | 17 | (7) |
| 2020 | → Radomiak Radom (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Widzew Łódź | 14 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Stomil Olsztyn | 26 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2022 | |||
Fundambu began his career in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo, playing for Iseka, Elonga and Etanchéité.
On 18 May 2019, he joined Polish Klasa B side Weszło Warsaw. On 19 May 2019, he made his debut in a 5–0 victory over AP Brychczy Warsaw, and scored his first goal for the club.[1] On 14 August 2019, he made his debut in the Masovian Polish Cup, in a match against Bednarska Warsaw with a goal scored (resulting in a 11–2 victory).[2]
On 8 January 2020, he was loaned to I liga side Radomiak Radom.[3] On March 2, Fundambu made his I liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Leândro in a 3–0 defeat against Warta Poznań.[4] He played in 10 games, including the 2019–20 I liga promotion play-off against Warta Poznań (0–2). His loan expired in August 2020.
On 21 August 2020, he joined I liga side Widzew Łódź on a free transfer.[5] He made his debut on 29 August 2020 in a I liga match against his former club Radomiak Radom, playing 69 minutes as Widzew lost 1–4.[6] On 19 September 2020, he scored his first I liga goal in a Widzew's 2–0 victory over Stomil Olsztyn.[7] On 25 November 2020, he made his Polish Cup debut, in a 1–0 home defeat to Legia Warsaw.[8] After regular performances in the autumn and winter of 2020, Fundambu unexpectedly dropped out of the squad and played only one match in 2021, the last 9 minutes of the 3–0 loss against Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[9] His contract expired after the 2020–21 season.[10]
On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fundambu had signed a one-year contract with Stomil Olsztyn.[11] In his debut on 1 August 2021, in a I liga match against Chrobry Głogów, he scored his first goal, but did not save the club from a 2–1 defeat.[12][13]
| Club | Season | League | League | Polish Cup | Other1 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Weszło Warsaw | 2018–19 | Klasa B | 4[15] | 4[15] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | Klasa A | 13[16] | 3[16] | 4[17] | 4[17] | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |
| Total | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | ||
| Radomiak Radom (loan) | 2019–20 | I liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Widzew Łódź | 2020–21 | I liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 2021–22 | I liga | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Career total | 67 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 15 | ||