Protais-Hamza Bumbu-Mutambala (born February 8, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for

CS Mont-Royal Outremont Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in Ligue1 Québec. Their women's team has competed in the women's divi ...

Early life

Mutambala was born in a refugee camp in

Nyarugusu Nyarugusu refugee camp ( ''Kambi ya wakimbizi ya Nyarugusu msaka family'', in Swahili) is one of the largest and best-known refugee camps of the 21st century, with around 150,000 refugees. Location Nyarugusu refugee camp is located in the Kasu ...

, Tanzania, but grew up in

Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

in Canada. He began playing youth soccer at age 10 with AS Sud-Ouest Montréal. Afterwards, he joined the

Montreal Impact Academy Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, after being scouted playing in the Jeux de la rue.

Club career

In 2018, Mutambala played with

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film ...

side

CS Longueuil Club Soccer Longueuil is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Longueuil, Quebec. Since 2014, the club has competed in Ligue1 Québec. History The club was originally founded in 1970. In 2014, the club joined the Première Ligue de ...

. In April 2019, Mutambala joined

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) a ...

side

Ottawa Fury FC Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium. The Ottawa Fury FC were di ...

. After one seasons with the Fury, the club would cease operations for the 2020 season, making Mutambala a free agent. In 2021, he played with

FC Lanaudière Football Club Lanaudière was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Lanaudière-Nord, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. The club was founded in 2016 by the Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) Lanaudiè ...

in the

. In 2022, he joined another PLSQ side

, where he got to compete in the

2022 Canadian Championship The 2022 Canadian Championship was the fifteenth edition of Canada's national soccer cup tournament, awarding the Voyageurs Cup. It took place from May 10 to July 26, 2022. The winners of the tournament, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded ...

International career

In 2015, he attended a youth camp with the Canadian U16 national team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutambala, Protais 1999 births Living people Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Men's association football midfielders Soccer people from Quebec Sportspeople from Quebec City Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Naturalized citizens of Canada Ottawa Fury FC players Ligue1 Québec players USL Championship players CS Longueuil players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players FC Lanaudière players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen