Macchambes Younga-Mouhani

Macchambes "Mac" Younga-Mouhani (born 1 August 1974) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[2]

Macchambes Younga-Mouhani
Macchambes Younga-Mouhani in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-01) 1 August 1974
Place of birth Loubomo, People's Republic of the Congo
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Diables Noirs
1994–1995 Schwarz-Weiß Düren
1995–1996 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 (0)
1996–1997 Fortuna Düsseldorf 29 (3)
1996–2000 Fortuna Köln 71 (19)
2000–2005 Wacker Burghausen 129 (28)
2005–2007 Rot-Weiss Essen 51 (14)
2007–2011 Union Berlin 104 (8)
2011–2012 FC Wegberg-Beeck 16 (5)
National team
1992–2000 Republic of the Congo[1] 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Early career

Younga in the former People's Republic of the Congo, where he started playing football in the streets. He later became a player for Diables Noirs and made his debut as a Congolese international against Chad at the age of 17. His national coach at the time, the German Armin Fickert, was also the one who put him in contact with clubs in Europe and thus enabled him to move to German club Schwarz-Weiß Düren. The Younga family still lives in Düren today.[3]

Younga's career in German professional football began in the 1995–96 Bundesliga season with Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, he only made two appearances there and then moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf, where he was relegated from the Bundesliga after the first season and afterwards joined Fortuna Köln in the following season. It was only in Cologne that he became a regular starter.

Wacker and Rot-Weiss Essen

In early–2001, Younga joined Wacker Burghausen and stayed with the club for four years. During this time, he became a regular for the club and became renowned for his energy on the pitch. With Wacker, he promoted from the Regionalliga Süd to the 2. Bundesliga. He then moved to Rot-Weiss Essen for two years, who also won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but failed to stay up in the next year and thus suffered relegation again. Nevertheless, he impressed with Essen, and he became more broadly known when TV presenter Stefan Raab invited him to his show. The reason for this was a spectacular goal in the 2005–06 season against Chemnitzer FC, when Younga waited behind the goalkeeper for him to perform a goal kick, then proceeded to win the ball from him and shoot it into the empty goal. The goal was named "Goal of the Week" by ARD and thus made it into the selection for "Goal of the Month".[4]

Union Berlin

After the relegation of Rot-Weiss Essen, Younga followed his coach Uwe Neuhaus to 1. FC Union Berlin. There he struggled to find playing time in his first season and was temporarily demoted to the reserve team. In the following season, Younga was able to develop into an integral part of the team and make a major contribution to Union's return to the 2. Bundesliga. With Union he managed survival in the second tier for two seasons in a row. However, he was only a reserve player in the 2010–11 season. His foul on VfL Bochum player Matías Concha also caused a stir, as he suffered a broken tibia and fibula.[5] Younga was then sued by Concha for €200,000 in damages,[6] but the Berlin-Tegel Regional Court dismissed the lawsuit in August 2012.[7] At the end of the season, his contract with Union was not extended. He then moved back to the Rhineland to FC Wegberg-Beeck in the sixth-tier Mittelrheinliga.

Managerial career

Since February 2014, Younga has been the under-19 coach of 1. FC Düren.

References
  1. "Macchambes Younga-Mouhani". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. "Mac Younga-Mouhani". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. "Aus Sorge um die Kinder reist Younga zur Familie nach Düren". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 9 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. Schrepper, Georg (6 January 2016). "Mythos RWE – Von Fallrückziehern, kuriosen Treffern und Toren des Monats (Teil 2)" (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Verletzter VfL-Profi Concha fällt vier Monate aus". SPIEGEL (in German). 7 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "„Ich bekomme das Foul nicht aus dem Kopf"". Berliner-Zeitung (in German). 12 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. "Ex-Unioner muss kein Schmerzengeld an Concha zahlen". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 17 August 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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