Biography
Full name Dieudonne Mbokani Besua, Mbokani is an Congolese front man that joined the Tigers on a season-long loan in August 2017. A willing worker and a strong presence at the top of the field, Mbokani nevertheless failed to impress and, more crucially, failed to score for Mike Phelan’s side. After blotting his copy book with a silly sending off Dieumerci fell out of favour and struggled to forge a place in the City XI when Marco Silva took charge.
Mbokani started his career with clubs in his home city Kinshasa, and after a productive loan at Belgian side Anderlecht he signed a permanent deal for rivals Standard Liege. After a brief spell at Monaco he returned to Belgium and signed again for Anderlecht, maintaining an impressive ‘goal every two games’ record. In 2013 he moved to Dynamo Kiev and after two seasons of more goals in the Ukrainian League he spent a season long loan at Norwich City prior to a similar deal with Hull City. His deal at Kiev came to an end in 2018 and a few weeks later he signed for Royal Antwerp where he resumed some goal scoring form.
Mbokani made his international debut for DR Congo in 2005 and has a similarly impressive goals record for his nation as he has for his clubs. After a close encounter with the Brussels Airport terrorist bombing in 2016, when he was en route to international duty, he stepped down from the DR Congo squad for a while but returned for the 2017 African Nations Cup.
Details
Nationality: Democratic Republic of Congo
Date/Place of Birth: 22 November 1985, Kinshasa (DR Congo)
Hull City First Game: 17 September 2016, Arsenal H (Premier League), 30 years, 300 days old
Hull City Final Game: 6 May 2017, Sunderland H (Premier League), 31 years, 165 days old
Clubs
Bel’Or (2004), TP Mazembe (2005-2007), Anderlecht (2006-2007, loan), Standard Liege (2007-2010), Monaco (2010-2011), VfL Wolfsburg (2011, loan), Anderlecht (2011-2013), Dynamo Kiev (2013-2018), Norwich City (2015-2016, loan), Hull City (2016-2017, loan), Royal Antwerp (2018-current)
Hull City Record
Career: 14 apps, 0 goals
Dieumerci Mbokani| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 8 (4) | 0 | - | - | 2 (0) | 0 | - | - | - | - |