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Rio Mavuba
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French manager and former player who is manager of Régional 1 club Bordeaux.
He spent most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 2011 national championship with the latter.
A France international between 2004 and 2014, Mavuba represented the country at the 2014 World Cup.
Mavuba's father was Mavuba Mafuila, a footballer who appeared at the 1974 FIFA World Cup with Zaire, while his mother was an Angolan national. He was born on board a boat in international waters during the period of the Angolan Civil War, and later stated that his birth certificate did not have a nationality on it, reading only "born at sea". His nephew Kenny also became a footballer, in the French lower leagues.
Mavuba's mother died when he was two, and his father when he was 12 years old. He launched himself into football to help deal with his grief.
Mavuba played youth football with Bordeaux. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 January 2004 in a 2–1 away win against Montpellier and, under recently appointed manager Michel Pavon, became an immediate first-choice.
From the 2004–05 season until the end of his spell, Mavuba never appeared in less than 32 league matches.
On 3 July 2007, Mavuba signed a five-year contract with Villarreal worth €7 million, as the Spanish side had lost Alessio Tacchinardi who returned to Juventus following a loan. He found it hard to break into the first team, only totalling 219 minutes in La Liga, and in late January 2008 joined Lille on loan until the end of the season.
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Rio Mavuba
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French manager and former player who is manager of Régional 1 club Bordeaux.
He spent most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 2011 national championship with the latter.
A France international between 2004 and 2014, Mavuba represented the country at the 2014 World Cup.
Mavuba's father was Mavuba Mafuila, a footballer who appeared at the 1974 FIFA World Cup with Zaire, while his mother was an Angolan national. He was born on board a boat in international waters during the period of the Angolan Civil War, and later stated that his birth certificate did not have a nationality on it, reading only "born at sea". His nephew Kenny also became a footballer, in the French lower leagues.
Mavuba's mother died when he was two, and his father when he was 12 years old. He launched himself into football to help deal with his grief.
Mavuba played youth football with Bordeaux. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 January 2004 in a 2–1 away win against Montpellier and, under recently appointed manager Michel Pavon, became an immediate first-choice.
From the 2004–05 season until the end of his spell, Mavuba never appeared in less than 32 league matches.
On 3 July 2007, Mavuba signed a five-year contract with Villarreal worth €7 million, as the Spanish side had lost Alessio Tacchinardi who returned to Juventus following a loan. He found it hard to break into the first team, only totalling 219 minutes in La Liga, and in late January 2008 joined Lille on loan until the end of the season.
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