Wen Mukubu
{{short description|Congolese-born Belgian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Wen Mukubu
| image =
| caption = Mukubu with Belgium
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa, DR Congo
| height_m = 2.00
| weight_lbs = 216
| position = Forward
| team = Leuven Bears
| league = BNXT League
| number = 4
| nationality = Belgian / Congolese
| high_school = Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Florida)
| college =
| draft_year = 2007
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
| years1= 2007–2008
| team1= STB Le Havre
| years2= 2009
| team2= Sutor Montegranaro
| years3= 2009–2010
| team3= SIG Strasbourg
| years4= 2010
| team4= Cocodrilos de Caracas
| years5= 2010
| team5= Ferrara
| years6= 2010–2011
| team6 = Pistoia 2000
| years7= 2011
| team7= Liège
| years8=2011–2012
| team8=Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
| years9=2012–2013
| team9= Liège
| years10 = 2013–2015
| team10 = Spirou Charleroi
| years11= 2015–2016
| team11=BCM Gravelines
| years12= 2016
| team12 = JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole
| years13 = 2016–2021
| team13 = Limburg United
| years14 = 2021–2024
| team14 = Kangoeroes Mechelen
| years15 = 2022–Present
| team15 = Leuven Bears
| highlights =
- BNXT Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
- BNXT Belgian Player of the Year (2022)
- BNXT League Dream Team (2022)
}}
Wen Boss Mukubu (born 2 August 1983) is a Congolese-born Belgian professional basketball player for Leuven Bears of the BNXT League. He has also played for the Belgian national team, with whom he participated at the EuroBasket 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_245.playerID_67256.html|title=Profile|publisher=eurobasket2015.org|accessdate=5 September 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905025942/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_245.playerID_67256.html|url-status=usurped}}
Professional career
In May 2021, Mukubu signed with Kangoeroes Mechelen.{{cite news |title=Wen Mukubu naar Kangoeroes Mechelen |url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210519_95283441 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Gazet van Antwerpen |language=nl-BE}}
On 6 June 2024 he signed with Leuven Bears of the BNXT League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leuvenbears.be/nieuws/wen-mukubu|title=Wen Mukubu|last=|first=|date=June 6, 2024|website=leuvenbears.be|publisher=|language=nl|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
References
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{{Leuven Bears current roster}}
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{{BNXT League Player of the Year}}
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Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
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Category:Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
Category:Cocodrilos de Caracas players
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's basketball players
Category:Expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
Category:JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole players
Category:Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen players
Category:Limburg United players
Category:Pistoia Basket 2000 players
Category:RBC Pepinster players
Category:SIG Strasbourg players
Category:Spirou Charleroi players
Category:Sutor Basket Montegranaro players
Category:UAB Blazers men's basketball players
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen
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