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)
Number	26
Youth clubs
2002–2005	Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006–	Arsenal → Birmingham City (loan)	00 (0) 28 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Football career 2.1 Club career 2.2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

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.

[edit] Football career

[edit] Club career

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.

[edit] International career

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]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Muamba handed Highbury haven
• Fabrice Muamba career stats at Soccerbase

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
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