Merveille Fundambu (born 13 November 1999) is a Congolese

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who plays as a

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Club career

Early career

Fundambu began his career in his native

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, playing for Iseka, Elonga and Etanchéité.

KTS Weszło

On 18 May 2019, he joined

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side

KTS Weszło KTS Weszło, informally, due to the city of its headquarters, also called KTS Weszło Warszawa, is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship. It was founded by media and sports group Weszło and is run as a fan-owned initiative. ...

. On 19 May 2019, he made his debut in a 5–0 victory over AP Brychczy Warsaw, and scored his first goal for the club. On 14 August 2019, he made his debut in the Masovian

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, in a match against Bednarska Warsaw with a goal scored (resulting in a 11–2 victory).

Radomiak Radom

On 8 January 2020, he was loaned to

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

side

Radomiak Radom Radomiak Spółka Akcyjna (''Radomiak S.A.''), commonly known as Radomiak Radom, is a Polish football club based in Radom, Poland. The club was founded in 1910 and competes in Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. They play their home ma ...

. On 2 March Fundambu made his I liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Leândro in a 3–0 defeat against

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. As of the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, they compete in the II liga, ...

. He played in 10 games, including the 2019–20 I liga promotion play-off against

(0–2). His loan expired in August 2020.

Widzew Łódź

On 21 August 2020, he joined

side

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-wh ...

on a free transfer. He made his debut on 29 August 2020 in a

match against his former club

, playing 69 minutes as Widzew lost 1–4. On 19 September 2020, he scored his first I liga goal in a Widzew's 2–0 victory over

Stomil Olsztyn Stomil Olsztyn S.A., historically known and played under the names OKS 1945 Olsztyn and OKS Stomil Olsztyn, is a Polish football club based in Olsztyn. In the 2025–26 season, they will compete in the IV liga Warmia-Masuria after suffering thei ...

. On 25 November 2020, he made his

debut, in a 1–0 home defeat to

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. After regular performances in the autumn and winter of 2020, Fundambu unexpectedly dropped out of the squad and played only one match in 2021, the last 9 minutes of the 3–0 loss against

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Sosnowiec. They compete in II liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, following relegation from the 2023–24 I liga. The club was establishe ...

. His contract expired after the 2020–21 season.

Stomil Olsztyn

On 6 July 2021, it was announced that Fundambu had signed a one-year contract with

. In his debut on 1 August 2021, in a

match against

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, he scored his first goal, but did not save the club from a 2–1 defeat.

Temporary retirement and return to Poland

In the summer of 2022, he retired from professional football and moved to

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. After spending several months abroad, he joined Polish

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side Polonus Kazimierz Biskupi ahead of the 2022–23 spring round.

Career statistics

Honours

Weszło Warsaw * Klasa B Warsaw III: 2018–19 LKS Ślesin * V liga Greater Poland II: 2023–24

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fundambu, Merveille Living people 1999 births Men's association football midfielders Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Footballers from Kinshasa I liga players KTS Weszło players Radomiak Radom players Widzew Łódź players Stomil Olsztyn S.A. players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen