Firmin MUBELE

On 30th January 2017, Stade Rennais officially announced the arrival of Firmin Ndombe Mubele. This versatile attacker from the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived from Al-Ahli in Qatar. Mubele had the onerous task of replacing Paul-Georges Ntep in the Red and Blacks attack. Whist struggling tactically, Mubele proved to be decisive at the other end, with three goals before the end of the 2016/2017 season, and 5 more in the first half of the 2017/2018 season. Reduced to a role as bit-part player after the arrival of new Manager Lamouchi, and in spite of interest from the Premier League, the player (nicknamed “Kata Fumbwa”) joined Toulouse on 30th January 2018 on loan, with an automatic buyout option is the Violets stayed in Ligue 1.