Dieumerci Mbokani

• Full name: Dieumerci Lomanisa Mbokani Bezua
• Date of birth: November 22, 1985
• Place of birth: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Nationality: Congolese (DR Congo)
• Position: Striker / Forward
• Height: Approximately 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Club career (selected highlights)

• AS Vita Club (DR Congo) — early career
• Sparta Rotterdam (Netherlands) — loan in 2005–2006
• Troyes (France) — 2007–2008
• Genoa (Italy) — 2008–2009
• Standard Liège (Belgium) — 2009–2012; became a key goalscorer and fan favorite
• Anderlecht (Belgium) — 2012–2013
• Napoli (Italy) — loan 2013 (brief)
• Wuhan Zall (China) — 2014
• Hull City (England) — 2014–2015
• Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) — 2015–2017
• Antwerp (Royal Antwerp FC) — 2019–2022; important veteran presence and contributor in attack
• Later moves: Returned to Standard Liège on loan 2021 and other short spells before retirement from top-level European competition.

International career

• Senior DR Congo national team debut in 2004.
• Represented DR Congo at multiple Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, including 2015 and 2017; part of the squad that finished third at AFCON 2015.
• Often served as the national team’s leading striker and captain at various times.

Playing style and strengths

• Powerful, physical centre forward with good hold-up play.
• Strong aerial ability and finishing instincts inside the box.
• Experienced and effective in leading the line, bringing teammates into play.

Notable facts

• Mbokani earned a strong reputation in Belgian football, particularly with Standard Liège and later Royal Antwerp, where he contributed important goals and leadership.
• He was among DR Congo’s most-capped and highest-scoring forwards during his international career.

Status: As of his last major spells, Mbokani featured for Royal Antwerp between 2019 and 2022 and had subsequent short-term moves; his role at Antwerp was as an experienced striker contributing goals and mentoring younger players.