Serge Lofo Bongeli

Serge Lofo
Personal information
Full name Serge Lofo Bongeli Senge
Date of birth (1983-10-13) 13 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC Mbemba
Youth career
–1998 AS Paulino Kinshasa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 AS Paulino Kinshasa 26 (12)
2001–2003 TP Mazembe 5 (2)
2004–2007 ASA 80 (54)
2008 Sagrada Esperança 16 (4)
2008–2010 AS Vita Club 39 (26)
2010 Rot Weiss Ahlen 0 (0)
2010–2011 FC Brussels 1 (0)
2011–2012 TP Mazembe
2012–2013 Maccabi Netanya 14 (1)
2013–2015 Motema Pembe
2015–2016 Diables Noirs
2016–2017 FC Mbemba
2017–2018 Sharks XI
2018– AS Nika
International career
2004–2011 Congo DR 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serge Lofo Bongeli Senge (born 13 October 1983) is a DR Congolese professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Club career

Born in Kinshasa,[1] Lofo began his career on the youth side with AS Paulino Kinshasa and was in 1999 promoted to the senior team. After three years with AS Paulino, he joined in winter 2002 to TP Mazembe and played there two season before in January 2004 he was scouted by Angolan top club Atlético Sport Aviação.[2] He had three successful seasons with AS Aviação and signed in February 2007 for Sagrada Esperança, but after one season with the team and four years in Angola he returned to his hometown Kinshasa, who signed with AS Vita Club.[1] On 5 February 2010, he left AS Vita Club together with Tychique Ntela Kalema to sign with the German club Rot Weiss Ahlen, but this was not a big breakthrough for Serge.[3] On 6 September 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Belgian club FC Brussels.[4]

In 2013, he was arrested in Israel on suspicion of murder, but he was released after his friend confessed that he was the one that did the murder.[clarification needed][5]

International career

Lofo was capped nine times by the Congo DR national team, and scored 2 goals.[1]

Career statistics

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 January 2011 Cairo  Sudan 2-1 Win 2011 Nile Basin Tournament

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Serge Lofo Bongeli". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ DFL Tranferliste
  3. ^ KALEMA NTELA UND SERGE LOFO BONGELI SIND AB SOFORT BEI ROT WEISS AHLEN UNTER VERTRAG Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Officiel : Lofo au FC Brussels". footgoal.net. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. ^ "חדשות - בארץ nrg - ...שחקן זר של מכבי נתניה נחשד במעורבות". NRG. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Linafoot : enfin, Lofo Bongeli couronné meilleur butteur avec 16 buts". afrikblog.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.