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Rabbi Matondo
Personal information
Full name Rabbi Matondo[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2016 Cardiff City
2016–2019 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Schalke 04 7 (0)
2019– Schalke 04 II 1 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Wales U17 9 (0)
2017– Wales U21 6 (0)
2018– Wales 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2019

Rabbi Matondo (born 9 September 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club Schalke 04 and the Wales national football team.

Early life

Matondo was born in Liverpool, England but moved to south-east Wales as a child.[3] He grew up in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff where he first played football in local parks with his father and brothers.[4] His father Dada played football in his native DR Congo. Two of his brothers, Cedrick and Japhet, also play football at youth level.[4]

As a teenager he attended Llanishen High School.[4]

Club career

Early career

Matondo began his career as a youth player with Cardiff City. In 2016, he moved to Premier League side Manchester City for a small compensation fee under the Elite Player Performance Plan, an initiative created by the Premier League regarding movement of youth players.[3] Cardiff appealed against the move and Matondo was blocked from playing for Manchester City until March 2017 when the appeal was denied. However, a fee of £500,000 was reported to have been agreed.[5]

He made his debut for the Manchester City U21 side in the EFL Trophy on 15 August 2017 against Rotherham United,[6] scoring his first goal in the side's following match, a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City.[7] He added two more goals in the next edition of the tournament: the game's only away to Tranmere Rovers in the final group game,[8] and one more in a 3–3 draw at Barnsley in the second round, as well as netting in the subsequent penalty shootout win.[9]

Schalke 04

On 30 January 2019, Matondo signed for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 for a reported fee of up to £11 million on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[10][11] He made his professional league debut three days later in a 2–0 home loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach, as a 75th-minute substitute for Sebastian Rudy; on 16 February he was given a start in a goalless home draw with SC Freiburg.[12]

International career

Matondo is eligible to represent DR Congo, England or Wales at international level.[4] He represented England at under-15 level before switching allegiance to Wales at under-17 level.[5] He received his first call up to the Wales under-21 squad in September 2017,[13] making his debut for the side in a 3–1 victory over Liechtenstein.[14] After appearing in four qualifying matches as a substitute,[14] he made his first start for the under-21 side in a 1–1 draw with Georgia in the second of two friendlies against the nation in June 2018.[15][16]

In November 2018, Matondo received his first call up for the senior Welsh squad for a friendly against Albania.[17] He made his international debut during the match on 20 November as a 78th-minute substitute in place of Sam Vokes as Wales lost 1–0 in Elbasan.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 8 March 2019.[19][2]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City U21 2017–18 PDL — — — 2[a] 1 2 1
2018–19 PDL — — — 4[a] 2 4 2
Total — — — 6 3 6 3
Schalke 04 2018–19 Bundesliga 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
Career total 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 10 3
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played on 20 March 2019.[2]
Wales
Year Apps Goals
2018 1 0
2019 1 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Rabbi Matondo". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ a b Abbandonato, Paul (23 September 2016). "Cardiff City have one of Wales' brightest young talents snatched away from them by Manchester City". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Coleman, Tom (9 October 2018). "Manchester City's Rabbi Matondo: The Cardiff kid who's grown up to be the fastest player at one of the world's biggest clubs". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b Vittles, Jack (13 March 2017). "Manchester City starlet Rabbi Matondo cleared to play after being snatched away from Cardiff City". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ Edwards, John (15 August 2017). "Rotherham United 1–1 City". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ Edwards, John (24 October 2017). "Bradford City 2–1 City". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  8. ^ Garnett, Richard (31 October 2018). "Tranmere knocked out of the Checkatrade Trophy by Manchester City U21s". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Reds out of trophy after shoot-out loss to City kids". Barnsley Chronicle. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Rabbi Matondo transfer: Manchester City starlet completes £11million Schalke switch". Manchester Evening News. 30 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Rabbi Matondo: Schalke sign Manchester City and Wales winger". BBC Sport. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Former Manchester City youth player Rabbi Matondo: "It's been easy to adapt at Schalke"". Bundesliga. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Wales add Cian Harries and Rabbi Matondo". BBC Sport. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  14. ^ a b Rabbi Matondo at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Georgia U21 1–1 Wales U21". sofascore.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  16. ^ "U21 Squad Announced For Georgia Double Header". Football Association of Wales. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. ^ Davies, Matthew (18 November 2018). "Wales add Manchester City's Rabbi Matondo to squad for Albania friendly and fans are loving it". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Albania 1–0 Wales". BBC Sport. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  19. ^ Rabbi Matondo at Soccerbase
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