Ridge Mobulu

Ridge Mobulu

Personal information
Full name	Ridge Mickael Mobulu
Date of birth	(1991-06-29) June 29, 1991
Place of birth	Aigle, Switzerland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Yverdon-Sport
Number	27
Youth career
1996–2003	FC Aigle
2003–2005	FC Yvorne
2005–2008	Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Lausanne-Sport	21	(5)
2010	→ Bulle (loan)	12	(3)
2010	Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(1)
2011–2012	Stade Nyonnais	8	(1)
2012–2013	Yverdon-Sport	15	(3)
2013–2014	Le Mont	32	(8)
2014–2015	Luzern	12	(2)
2015–2016	Aarau	21	(2)
2016–2017	Le Mont	24	(6)
2017–2018	Stade Nyonnais	32	(6)
2019–	Yverdon-Sport	20	(5)
International career
2005	Switzerland U-15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2019

Ridge Mobulu (born June 29, 1991 in Aigle, Switzerland) is a Congolese footballer currently playing for Yverdon-Sport FC.

Career

Youth

Mobulu grew up in Lausanne, Switzerland, was a student at Ecole Secondaire des Bergières, and joined the youth ranks of local club FC Aigle as a 5-year-old in 1996. He joined nearby FC Yvorne in 2003, before joining Swiss professional club Lausanne-Sport's youth set-up in 2005 aged 14, where he played from the U-15 to the U-18 level until 2008.

Professional

Mobulu made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport on December 9, 2007, in a game against Winterthur 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 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, initially as a member of the team's PDL affiliate Vancouver Whitecaps Residency. He made his full Whitecaps debut on July 28, 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 Austin Aztex on August 29.

Mobulu playing for FC Luzern

On 4 January 2019, Mobulu re-joined Yverdon-Sport FC.

International

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

External links

• Vancouver Whitecaps bio
• Ridge Mobulu at Soccerway