Francky Sembolo (born 9 August 1985) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a

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. Between 2005 and 2006 he made seven appearances for the Congo national team, scoring twice. Since 2006 he has been signed to German football clubs only.

Club career

Sembolo started his career with

Saint Michel d'Ouenzé Saint-Michel de Ouenzé is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville. Honours * Congo Premier League Congo Premier League is the top division of the Congolese Football Federation, in the Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1961. Th ...

and

Canon Yaoundé Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, commonly known as Canon Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian association football club based in capital city of Yaoundé. The club was formed in 1930 and play their games at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Their most successful period was ...

before moving to Germany in 2006. Since then he has played for

FC Oberneuland FC Oberneuland Bremen von 1948 is a German association football club from the Oberneuland quarter of Bremen, founded on 13 April 1948 in the local inn ''Zum Dorfkrug'' as ''Fußball-Club Oberneuland von 1948''. In addition to football, the club ...

, Holstein Kiel,

SV Wilhelmshaven SV Wilhelmshaven is a German association football club from Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. SV Wilhelmshaven play in the Regionalliga Nord. SV Wilhelmshaven was founded in 1905. Since 1999, Wilhelmshaven's stadium is the Jadestadion. History Pre ...

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

, Hallescher FC, VfL Osnabrück and currently

Berliner AK 07 Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in the locality of Moabit of the borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the fourth tier Regionalliga Nordost. History The association was established on 15 December 1907 in t ...

International career

Sembolo holds German citizenship, but played internationally for

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

, his country of birth. He made his international debut in 2005, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. During the

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, Sembolo scored twice in a 3–1 win against

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

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* 1985 births Living people Republic of the Congo footballers Association football forwards Republic of the Congo international footballers Saint Michel d'Ouenzé players Canon Yaoundé players FC Oberneuland players Holstein Kiel players SV Wilhelmshaven players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Arminia Bielefeld players Hallescher FC players VfL Osnabrück players Berliner AK 07 players SV Meppen players BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden players FC Teutonia Ottensen players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Expatriate footballers in Cameroon Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{RCongo-footy-bio-stub