Ridge Mobulu -son of Ogamyanu Mobulu (born 29 June 1991) is a

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-born

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who plays for

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club

Bavois Bavois is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Bavois is first mentioned in 1200 as ''Bavoies''. Geography Bavois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.3% is used for agricultura ...

Career

Youth

Mobulu grew up in

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Professional

Mobulu made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport on 9 December 2007, in a game against

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

in Switzerland's second division Challenge League. He made 20 appearances for Lausanne in the 2009–10, scoring five goals, and spent six month on loan with

Bulle Bulle (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gruyère (district), Gruyère in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly inde ...

of Switzerland's third-tier 1. Liga between January and June 2010. Mobulu moved to Canada in the summer of 2010 to join the

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March 18, ...

, initially as a member of the team's PDL affiliate

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency Whitecaps FC Academy ( sponsor name Whitecaps FC BMO Academy) is the youth system of the professional soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It fields a men's and women's team in the semi-professional League ...

. He made his full Whitecaps debut on 28 July, coming on as a second-half substitute for Blake Wagner during a 1–0 away win over Montreal Impact, and scored his first Whitecaps goal during a 2–2 home draw versus

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on 29 August. YB vs

On 4 January 2019, Mobulu re-joined

Yverdon-Sport FC Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football club based in Yverdon-les-Bains that is set to compete in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football, after being relegated from the top-tier Swiss Super League in the 2024–25 season. The club ...

.Fargues et Mobulu sont yverdonnois !
yverdonsport.ch, 4 January 2019

International

Mobulu played with the Swiss national U-15 team in 2005, but has since declared his intention to play for the

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should the opportunity arise. Though born and raised in Switzerland, Mobulu is a citizen of DR Congo through his parents, Ngia Jose Nzobo and Florent Kashama Mobulu.

References

External links

Vancouver Whitecaps bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mobulu, Ridge 1991 births Living people Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Lausanne-Sport players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players FC Stade Nyonnais players Yverdon-Sport FC players FC Luzern players Vevey-Sports players FC Bavois players Challenge League (Switzerland) players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Swiss Super League players Swiss Promotion League players 2. Liga Interregional players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Canada 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen FC Paradiso players