Gaby Mudingayi
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Gaby Mudingayi is a Congolese
-Belgian
footballer who plays for Bologna
of Italian Serie A
.
side Torino Calcio
and helped them win promotion back to Serie A in 2005. However, the club went bankrupt, and all players were allowed to leave. Thus Mudingayi was signed by Lazio
on 30 August 2005, costing Lazio €300,000.
In July 2008, he was sold to newly promoted team Bologna
for €7 million on a cash plus player deal. Lazio received €6.578M and the rest were solidarity contribution and other fee deducted for agent and other parties.
. He has acquired some caps for the Belgian national team, though is currently out of favour.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
-Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
footballer who plays for Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
of Italian Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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Biography
Mudingayi started his career at the Belgian club Gent. In January 2004, he joined Italian Serie BSerie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
side Torino Calcio
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
and helped them win promotion back to Serie A in 2005. However, the club went bankrupt, and all players were allowed to leave. Thus Mudingayi was signed by Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
on 30 August 2005, costing Lazio €300,000.
In July 2008, he was sold to newly promoted team Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
for €7 million on a cash plus player deal. Lazio received €6.578M and the rest were solidarity contribution and other fee deducted for agent and other parties.
International
On the international level, Mudingayi played for Belgium in their attempt to qualify for the 2004 UEFA U-21 Championship2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...
. He has acquired some caps for the Belgian national team, though is currently out of favour.