Chardi Mpindi Landu (born 18 July 2000) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for club Emmen.

Career

Landu played youth football for

Twente Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...

before moving to the academy of English club

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

. After three seasons, he returned to the Netherlands to join the youth academy of

PEC Zwolle Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...

. He made his professional debut for PEC Zwolle on 15 August 2021 in a 1–0 home defeat to

SBV Vitesse SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

. On 3 July 2023, Landu signed a two-year contract with Emmen.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Landu is of Congolese descent.

References

2000 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Men's association football forwards FC Twente players Brentford F.C. players PEC Zwolle players FC Emmen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub