Yannis M'Bemba
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001
Place of birth Amiens, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Le Puy
Youth career
2010–2011 Amiens SC
2011–2021 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Nantes B 23 (1)
2021– Nantes 2 (0)
2022–2023 → Le Puy (loan) 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:32, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Yannis M'Bemba (born 1 July 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Early life

Yannis M'Bemba was born in Amiens, in a family with Gabonese and Congolese origins, growing up in Amiens while his mother worked in Paris.[1][2][3][4][5]

Club career

Having started his career at Amiens SC as a 9-year-old, M'Bemba quickly moved to Nantes, where his father was working, joining FC Nantes academy as an under-11.[1]

Having progressed from the youth teams to the reserve team, he signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2021.[6][7]

After making several appearances on the bench as an unused substitute in both Ligue 1 and Coupe de France,[3][4][5] the young defender made his professional debut for FC Nantes on the 14 January 2022, replacing Sébastien Corchia in a 2–1 away Ligue 1 loss against Nice.[8]

On 1 July 2022, M'Bemba joined Le Puy in Championnat National on loan for the 2022–23 season.[9]

International career

Having made the pre-selections for France youth teams in his early years,[1] M'Bemba is also eligible for Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville as per his origins.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Académie - Yannis M'Bemba, Made in FC Nantes". FC Nantes (in French). 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Yannis M'Bemba rejoint la cour des grands". Ouest-France. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022. Yannis M'Bemba, dont les origines se partagent entre le Congo et le Gabon, a passé les neuf premières années de sa vie à Amiens. C'est d'ailleurs au Amiens SC qu'il tape ses premiers ballons.
  3. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (19 December 2021). "Football: le week-end des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en France". ADIAC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (23 December 2021). "Football: les résultats des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en France". ADIAC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (10 January 2022). "Football, le week-end des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en Europe (Angleterre et France)". ADIAC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Yannis M'Bemba signe un contrat professionnel avec le FC Nantes". Presse-Océan. Ouest-France. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Willems (14 April 2021). "Nantes : un enfant du club signe son premier contrat professionnel". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Buet, Christopher (14 January 2022). "Nice 2-1 Nantes, Ligue 1, résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bienvenue au Puy Yannis M'Bemba" (in French). Le Puy. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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