Trésor Luntala

{{Short description|Congolese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Trésor Luntala

| fullname = Trésor Luntala{{Hugman|12079|accessdate=17 November 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire

| height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|order=flip}}{{cite book |title=Playfair Football Annual 2000–2001 |editor1-last=Rollin |editor1-first=Glenda |editor2-last=Rollin |editor2-first=Jack |date=2000 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-0-7472-6620-4 |page=25}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1998–1999

| youthclubs1 = Rennes

| youthyears2 = 1999–2001

| youthclubs2 = Birmingham City

| years1 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Birmingham City

| caps1 = 15

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = Guingamp

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2003–2004

| clubs3 = Grasshoppers

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2004–2005

| clubs4 = Visé

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005–2006

| clubs5 = La Louvière

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = Asteras Tripolis

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007–2009

| clubs7 = Ethnikos Asteras

| caps7 = 70

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2008

| nationalteam1 = DR Congo

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| clubs8 = Alençon

| years8 = 2012–2021

}}

Trésor Luntala (born 31 May 1982) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. From 2003 to 2008, he played for the DR Congo national team.

Club career

Clubs in Luntala's early career included Rennes, Birmingham City, Grasshoppers and Visé.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Tresor Luntala Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=6&CPID=153&TEID=3220&PLID=42139&pStr=Player|accessdate=2009-08-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065657/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=6&CPID=153&TEID=3220&PLID=42139&pStr=Player|archivedate=2012-06-17}} In January 2007, he signed a contract with Ethnikos in Greece.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In December 2021, Luntala announced his retirement from his playing career following a job offer in the youth academy of his former club Rennes.{{Cite web|date=December 2021|title=Après 22 ans de carrière, l'Alençonnais Trésor Luntala tire sa révérence|trans-title=After a 22 year career, the Alençonnais Trésor Luntala bows out|url=https://www.footnormand.fr/actualites/nat-3/ligue-de-normandie/apres-22-ans-de-carriere-lalenconnais-tresor-luntala-tire-sa|access-date=18 January 2022|website=Foot Normand|language=fr}}

International career

He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Cup of Nations team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

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