Trésor Mputu
Trésor Mputu Mabi Kulila ( born December 10, 1985 in Kinshasa, also Trésor Mabi Mputu ) is a footballer from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is considered one of the most talented and highest paid player in Africa.
Career
Association
Mputu began playing football in his hometown at Jac Trésor FC who is resident in the district Ndjili. The club was in the 1990s as a successful talent and produced under different René Makondele. In 2002 he enrolled at Kin City. With two clubs he won several district and regional championships. 2004, Mputus change to first division side TP Mazembe of Lubumbashi. The Les corbeaux he flourished in the following years and could effectively refine his skills. Soon he was appointed team captain and led the team with 2006, 2007 and 2009 to three national championship titles in 2008 and the final of the Coupe du Congo. Internationally as TP Mazembe developed after a long time to a fixed size and, in 2009 with the CAF Champions League after 41 years again win the prestigious African club tournament. Followed in 2010 winning the CAF Super Cup. For the first time in the focus of public media Mputu was moved by Claude Le Roy, who described the striker as " the next Samuel Eto'o ". The playful quality Mputus woke from 2007 greed on the part of many European clubs. Among other things, he was at Celtic, Rangers, Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers and Standard Liege in conversation. In February 2010 Mputu let it be known that he was planning to leave TP Mazembe during the summer transfer window in June or July.
However, his change of outlook scattered soon as the FIFA suspended him on 30 August 2010 for twelve months from all competitions. The reason for this drastic step were incidents during the Kagame Inter- Club Cup in the previous May, Rwanda. In the match against APR FC TP Mazembe have been denied the recognition of a goal in the 34th minute the referee. Then goaded Team Captain Mputu on his teammates, and distressed massive officials. He also is alleged to have kicked the referee in the chest. The events led to the immediate cancellation of the game and the exclusion of TP Mazembe. Both the CAF and FIFA advised on sanctions, which were finally announced in late August. Mputus teammate Guy Basisila Lusadisu received an eleven-month lock. Due to his suspension missed Mputu among others from the group stage all matches in the CAF Champions League 2010, when his club was able to defend the title, the FIFA Club World Cup 2010, surprisingly finished second in the TP Mazembe, winning the CAF. Super Cup 2011 by his club, the victory in the championship in 2011 and the African Nations Cup 2011 its lock ended on August 11, 2011 and on August 17, he ran for a league game against TS Malekesa first time on; after only 46 seconds, he scored in the game to hit a 1-0 victory.
National
Since 2004 occurs at Mputu for the national team DR Congo and took, among others, at the African Cup of Nations 2006 Egypt in part, in which he opened the scoring in the first group match against Togo. In the second game against Angola but was referred after 19 minutes of the field and missed due to the lock on the games of his team, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Mputus greatest success with the national team was previously the victory at the African Nations Cup in 2009, at the end he was also honored as Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Achievements
Post Posted missed those successes of TP Mazembe, the Mputu due to its lock.
Club level
- CAF Super Cup: 2010, 2011
- CAF Champions League: 2009, 2010
- Championship of the Democratic Republic of Congo: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012
National level
- African Nations Cup: 2009
Personal Awards
- World top scorer of the Year: 2007
- Scorer in the CAF Champions League: 2007
- Best player of the African Nations Cup: 2009
- Glo - CAF Award for the best African player on the continent: 2009