Basaula Lemba (born 3 March 1965) is a
Congolese retired
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Almost his entire professional career was spent in
Portugal
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, mainly with
Vitória de Guimarães.
Club career
Born in
Kinshasa
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,
Zaire
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, Lemba arrived in Portugal at the age of 21, signing with
Vitória S.C.
Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...
from
AS Vita Club
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History
AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Rena ...
but having absolutely no impact in
his first season – seven matches. He spent the following three campaigns also in the
Primeira Liga
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, representing
O Elvas C.A.D. and
C.F. Estrela da Amadora.
Basaula – called by his first name whilst in Portugal – re-joined Vitória in 1990, becoming an important midfield element at the
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club and sharing teams with countryman
N'Dinga Mbote during his spell. In January 1995 he left for another side in the country,
C.F. Os Belenenses
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, switching to
F.C. Tirsense shortly after. After one year in the
second division with
Moreirense F.C. he moved to the lower leagues, representing two teams in the
fourth level until his retirement at the age of 35.
International career
Lemba played for
Zaire
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at the
1992
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and
1994 editions of the
Africa Cup of Nations
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,
with both tournaments ending in quarter-final exits.
References
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1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
AS Vita Club players
Linafoot players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Vitória S.C. players
O Elvas C.A.D. players
C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
C.F. Os Belenenses players
F.C. Tirsense players
Moreirense F.C. players
União Montemor players
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
1988 African Cup of Nations players
1992 African Cup of Nations players
1994 African Cup of Nations players
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people