Gabriel Mutombo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Mutombo

| image = RC Lens - US Orléans (17-05-2019) 50.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Mutombo in 2019

| fullname = Gabriel Mutombo Kupa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|19}}

| birth_place = Villeurbanne, France

| height = 1.91 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub =Ratchaburi

| clubnumber =2

| youthyears1 = 2002–2012

| youthclubs1 = Lyon

| youthyears2 = 2012–2013

| youthclubs2 = Saint-Priest

| youthyears3 = 2013–2016

| youthclubs3 = Angers

| years1 = 2013–2016

| clubs1 = Angers B

| caps1 = 52

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = Angers

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = → CA Bastia (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = → Orléans (loan)

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2018–2020

| clubs5 = Orléans

| caps5 = 50

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2020–2022

| clubs6 = Troyes Rosières Omni Sport

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022

| clubs7 = → Vilafranquense (loan)

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–2024

| clubs8 = Botoșani

| caps8 = 31

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2024

| clubs9 = Chania

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2024–

| clubs10 = Ratchaburi

| caps10 = 23

| goals10 = 1

| club-update = 30 April 2025

}}

Gabriel Mutombo Kupa (born 19 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Thai League 1 club Ratchaburi.{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-07 |date=2024-08-16 |language=th |title=“ราชบุรี” ปรับโควตาต่างชาติถอด “เอ็นจีว่า” หลังยังไม่มีกำหนดคืนสนาม |type=(Wechsel zum Ratchaburi FC, Thailand) |url=https://www.ballthai.com/%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%8a%e0%b8%9a%e0%b8%b8%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5-%e0%b8%9b%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%9a%e0%b9%82%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%95%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%8a%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%96%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%94-%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%ad%e0%b9%87%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%88%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%a7%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%b2-%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%87%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%b3%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%b7%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a1/ |website=ballthai.com}}

Club career

After ten years in the academy of Olympique Lyonnais, Mutombo was let go and joined the youth teams of Angers SCO.{{cite web|url=http://www.sofoot.com/gabriel-mutombo.html|title=Gabriel Mutombo|website=SOFOOT.com}} He signed his first professional contract in the summer of 106, before joining CA Bastia on loan for the 2016–17 season, and then joining US Orléans on loan on 28 June 2017 for the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.usofoot.com/article-officiel-gabriel-mutombo-angers-arrive-en-pret-4988.html|title=Officiel : Gabriel Mutombo (Angers) arrive en prêt - US Orléans Loiret Football (45)|website=www.usofoot.com|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507072932/http://www.usofoot.com/article-officiel-gabriel-mutombo-angers-arrive-en-pret-4988.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id181542/article/2020-08-07/gabriel-mutombo-celui-quon-nattendait-pas|title=Gabriel Mutombo, celui qu'on n'attendait pas à l'Estac|publisher=L'Est éclair|language=fr|date=7 August 2018}} He made his professional debut for Orléans in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to US Quevilly-Rouen on 17 November 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83344|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 15ème journée - Quevilly Rouen Métropole / US Orléans|website=www.lfp.fr}}

Orléans converted Mutombo's loan into a three-year contract in June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Gabriel-mutombo-transfere-a-orleans/913408|title=Gabriel Mutombo transféré à Orléans|publisher=L'Équipe|language=fr|date=20 June 2018}}

In August 2020, Mutombo moved to Troyes AC, signing a two-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-gabriel-mutombo-orleans-signe-a-troyes-ligue-2/1159025|title=Transferts : Gabriel Mutombo (Orléans) signe à Troyes (Ligue 2)|publisher=L'Équipe|language=fr|date=7 August 2020}}

On 25 January 2022, he joined Vilafranquense in Portugal on loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Vilafranquense|url=https://www.facebook.com/udvfutsad/posts/1823094041221734|title=Gabriel Mutombo é reforço da #UDVilafranquense!|date=25 January 2022|access-date=12 February 2022|language=pt}}

International career

Born in France, Mutombo is of Congolese descent, and was called up to the DR Congo national under-20 football team for a friendly against the France U20s, but did not make an appearance because he was mourning the death of his brother.{{cite web|url=http://adiac-congo.com/content/football-amical-la-rdc-u20-face-la-france-toulouse-34235|title=Football-amical : la RDC U20 face à la France à Toulouse - adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo|website=adiac-congo.com}}