What is Émile Mpenza known for?

Émile Mpenza is known for being a professional footballer from Belgium who played as a striker. He has represented Belgium in international play and has been part of various professional clubs during his career.

What nationality is Émile Mpenza?

Émile Mpenza is a citizen of Belgium, a country in Western Europe.

What position did Émile Mpenza play?

Émile Mpenza played as a striker, a forward position in association football.

Émile Mpenza

Q: When was Émile Mpenza born?

Émile Mpenza was born on July 4, 1978.

Belgian footballer (born 1978)

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Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[6]
Date of birth: July 4, 1978
Place of birth: Asse
Country of citizenship: Belgium^[4]
Occupation: association football player
Sibling: Mbo Mpenza^[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[18]
Birth name: Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza^[19]
Country for sport: Belgium^[20]
Family name: Mpenza^[11]
Given name: Eka, Basunga, Lokonda, Émile^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Height: +177^[23]
League or competition: Bundesliga, Premier League^[7]^[8]
Mass: +75^[24]
Member of sports team: Neftchi Baku PFC, Manchester City F.C., Standard Liège, Royal Excelsior Mouscron, Hamburger SV, K.V. Kortrijk, FC Sion, Al-Rayyan, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Schalke 04, Standard Liège, SC Eendracht Aalst, Belgium men's national football team, Belgium national under-19 football team, Belgium national under-21 football team, Al-Rayyan
Name in native language: Émile Mpenza^[21]
Native language: French^[5]
P14750: 8272-70AB-DC05-7819-CDE7^[26]
Participant in: 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000^[16]^[17]
Position played on team / speciality: forward^[9]
Sport: association football^[10]
Start of work period: 1995^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Emile Mpenza en Émile Mpenza en Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza ar إيميل مبينزا cs Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza de Émile Mpenza de Emile Lokonda Mpenza es Emile Mpenza es Eka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza es Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza fa امیل امپنزا fi Emile Mpenza fr Émile Lokonda Mpenza fr Emile Mpenza he אמיל אמפנזה it Emile Mpenza it Emil Mpenza ja エミール・ムペンザ ko 에밀 음펜자 nl Emile M'penza

🔖 Identifiers · 30

11v11 player ID: 9626
BDFA player ID: 50826
BDFutbol player ID: 90254
Barry Hugman's Footballers player ID: 24666
CineMagia person ID: 96839
EU-Football.info player ID: 12629
FBref player ID: 4745cfd0
FIFA player ID (archived): 154181
FootballDatabase.eu person ID: 3142
Freebase ID: /m/083yrt
Fussballdaten.de person ID: mpenzaemile
GTAA ID: 134680

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JRC Names ID: 36871
Kicker.de player ID: emile-mpenza
L'Équipe football player ID: 4819
LdiF person ID: 220023
Munzinger Sport number: 01000005603
National-Football-Teams.com player ID: 695
Playmakerstats.com player ID: 7281
Premier League player ID (archived): 3153
Royal Belgian Football Association player ID: PH_2213
Scorebar / Soccerway person ID: 5777
Soccerbase player ID: 13970
Sofascore player ID: 1421832
StatMuse Premier League player ID: 1822
Statbunker player ID: 3962
Trading Card Database name ID: 36274
Transfermarkt manager ID: 62542
Transfermarkt player ID: 272
WorldFootball.net person ID (old): emile-mpenza

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Member of sports team 16

Manchester City F.C., Belgium men's national football team, Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Standard Liège, Standard Liège, Neftchi Baku PFC, FC Sion +8 more

Participant in 2

1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000

Country for sport 1

Belgium

Country of citizenship 1

Belgium

Given name 1

Émile

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

League or competition 1

Premier League

Native language 1

French

Occupation 1

association football player

Place of birth 1

Asse

Position played on team / speciality 1

forward

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

Mbo Mpenza

Siblings 1

Mbo Mpenza

Sport 1

association football

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Summary

Émile Mpenza was born on July 4, 1978^[1], in Asse^[2]. He has worked as an association football player^[3].

FAQs

Where was Émile Mpenza born?

Émile Mpenza's place of birth was Asse^[2].

What did Émile Mpenza do for work?

Émile Mpenza worked as an association football player^[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Émile Mpenza — place of birth (P19): Asse. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Émile Mpenza — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Émile Mpenza — country of citizenship (P27): Belgium. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Émile Mpenza — native language (P103): French. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Émile Mpenza — occupation (P106): association football player. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Émile Mpenza — league or competition (P118): Bundesliga. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Émile Mpenza — league or competition (P118): Premier League. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Émile Mpenza — position played on team / speciality (P413): forward. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Émile Mpenza — date of birth (P569): July 4, 1978. Transfermarkt. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Émile Mpenza — sport (P641): association football. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Émile Mpenza — family name (P734): Mpenza. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Émile Mpenza — given name (P735): Eka. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Émile Mpenza — given name (P735): Basunga. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Émile Mpenza — given name (P735): Lokonda. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Émile Mpenza — given name (P735): Émile. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Émile Mpenza — participant in (P1344): 1998 FIFA World Cup. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Émile Mpenza — participant in (P1344): UEFA Euro 2000. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Émile Mpenza — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Émile Mpenza — birth name (P1477): Eka Basunga Lokonda Mpenza. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Émile Mpenza — country for sport (P1532): Belgium. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Émile Mpenza — name in native language (P1559): Émile Mpenza. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Émile Mpenza — start of work period (P2031): 1995. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Émile Mpenza — height (P2048): 177 cm. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Émile Mpenza — mass (P2067): 75 kg. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Émile Mpenza — sibling (P3373): Mbo Mpenza. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Émile Mpenza — P14750 (P14750): 8272-70AB-DC05-7819-CDE7. wikidata.org.

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Given name → Eka, Basunga, Lokonda +1

Sex or gender → male

Family name → Mpenza

P14750 → 8272-70AB-DC05-7819-CDE7

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