Brice Wembangomo

Brice Wembangomo
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2011 Skjeberg/Tveter
2011–2012 Sarpsborg FK
2013–2014 Sarpsborg 08
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Sarpsborg 08 1 (0)
2015 → Kvik Halden (loan) 26 (6)
2016 → Fredrikstad (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2018 Jerv 57 (1)
2019–2021 Sandefjord 59 (0)
2022– Bodø/Glimt 67 (3)
International career‡
2023 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2023

Brice Wembangomo (born 18 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt. Born in the DRC, he plays for the Norway national team.

Early life

Wembangomo was born in Kinshasa, Zaire,[1] and moved to Østfold in Norway with his family when he was a child.[2] He is the brother of the footballer Hugues Wembangomo.[3]

Club career

Wembangomo started his career as a child in the tiny club Tveter IL, then Skjeberg SK.[4] He joined Sarpsborg 08 from Sarpsborg FK while a youth player, and made his senior debut in Eliteserien for Sarpsborg 08 in September 2014 against Start. After this one game he was sent on loan to Kvik Halden FK in the entire 2015 season, and to Fredrikstad FK in the latter part of 2016. After this he moved permanently to FK Jerv in 2017 and further on to Sandefjord Fotball in 2019. In June 2020 he played the season opener for Sandefjord, his first first-tier game in six years and his second Eliteserien game overall.[5]

Bodø/Glimt

On 3 January 2022, Bodø/Glimt announced that they had signed Wembangomo on a three-year contract that would run until December 2024.[6] His official club debut came on 17 February as a starter at left-back in a 3–1 victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League over Celtic at Celtic Park.[7][8] He made his debut in the domestic league on the opening day of the season as a starter against Rosenborg in a 2–2 draw, providing an assist for Runar Espejord for Bodø's second goal.[9][10]

Having never represented a youth national team,[5] Wembangomo received his first international callup for Norway in June 2023.[11] He won his first cap as a substitute against Cyprus.[4]

Personal life

He is a younger brother of Hugues Wembangomo.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 November 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sarpsborg 08 2014 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Kvik Halden (loan) 2015 2. divisjon 26 6 4 0 – 30 6
Fredrikstad (loan) 2016 1. divisjon 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
Jerv 2017 1. divisjon 29 0 3 0 – 32 0
2018 28 1 2 0 – 30 1
Total 57 1 5 0 0 0 62 1
Sandefjord 2019 1. divisjon 17 0 2 0 – 19 0
2020 Eliteserien 18 0 0 0 – 18 0
2021 24 0 0 0 – 24 0
Total 59 0 2 0 0 0 61 0
Bodø/Glimt 2022 Eliteserien 28 2 7 0 18 0 53 2
2023 22 1 4 0 12 0 38 1
2024 17 0 2 1 5 0 24 1
Total 67 3 13 1 35 0 115 4
Career total 219 10 24 1 35 0 279 11

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. ^ "Hugues Wemangomo". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ ""Ygg" trener for fullt". smp.no (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Wembangomo-brørne i nedrykkstrid". 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Biørnstad, Carl Henning (21 June 2023). "Gamletreneren i tårer etter landslagsdebuten: – Jeg ble rørt" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Brice Wembangomo at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ "Ny back på plass: – Regner med å få temposjokk". Bodø/Glimt (in Norwegian). 3 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Celtic vs. Bodø / Glimt – 17 February 2022". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ^ Forsyth, Paul (18 February 2022). "Celtic fail to heed the warning signs and taught harsh lesson". The Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Bodø / Glimt vs. Rosenborg – 3 April 2022". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Ivers direkte: Slik så våre eksperter serieåpningen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  11. ^ Fredly-Steen, Marte; Høgland, Stian; Kolberg, Sindre. "Rørt Glimt-profil ble tatt på senga: – Begge foreldrene mine var nesten på gråten". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Brice Wembangomo". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 11 January 2022.