Robert Mambo George Randu Mumba (born 25 October 1978 in

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

) is a Kenyan former

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. He is a former player of Swedish club

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Club career

His previous club (up until the spring of 2006) was

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...

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. His previous clubs include

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

and

K.A.A. Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (; English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Gent or by their nickname ' (), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football tea ...

, and he played for

Coast Stars Coast Stars is a Kenyan football club based in Mombasa. The club was founded in 1998. They are a member of the top division in Kenyan football. Their home stadium is Mombasa Municipal Stadium. They played the 2004/05 season under the name Dubai B ...

, Nyoka FC and Kenya Pipeline FC before moving to Europe. On 8 February 2011 he resigned his contract with

and joined

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club competes in Division 4, the sixth tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally ...

.Robert Mambo Mumba klar för Dalkurd
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International career

Mambo has played 50 international matches and scored 15 goals for

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. He appeared at the

2004 African Nations Cup The 2004 African Cup of Nations was held from January 24, 24 January to February 14, 14 February 2004 in Tunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennial international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of Afri ...

. Mambo became the skipper of the Kenyan national team after the retirement of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mambo Mumba, Robert 1978 births Living people Footballers from Mombasa Kenyan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bandari F.C. (Kenya) players KAA Gent players Coast Stars F.C. players Örebro SK players Viking FK players BK Häcken players GIF Sundsvall players Umeå FC players Dalkurd FF players Belgian Pro League players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Kenya men's international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players Kenyan expatriate men's footballers Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Norway Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Kenyan football managers Dalkurd FF managers Kenyan expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Sweden K.R.C. Gent players