Fabrice Muamba

**Fabrice Ndala Muamba** (born 6 April 1988) is an English  former professional footballer and current coach. He played as a central midfielder. Born in Zaire, Muamba moved to England at the age of 11 and later played for England up to under-21 level.

## Career

Muamba joined Arsenal's youth academy in 2002. After three years, he turned professional in 2005.  He joined Birmingham City on loan in 2006. The move was made permanent in 2007. He made a total of 79 appearances for Birmingham City. In 2008, he joined Premier League club Bolton Wanderers. He made 148 appearances for Bolton, including 130 Premier League matches.

On 17 March 2012, Muamba had a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup match between Bolton and Tottenham Hotspur. Although his heart stopped for 78 minutes, he was successfully revived. He retired from professional football in August 2012 based on medical advice.

As of September 2018, Muamba is a youth coach at Rochdale.

## Personal life

Muamba was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In 1994, his father arrived in the UK after leaving Zaire because of his political views. He was given indefinite leave to remain in 1999. The rest of his family soon joined him.

Muamba married Shauna Magunda in October 2012. The couple have four children.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Arsenal|2005–06|Premier League|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|0||
|Birmingham City (loan)|2006–07|Championship|34|0|3|0|4|0|—|41|0|||
|rowspan="2"|Birmingham City|2007–08|Premier League|37|2|1|0|0|0|—|38|2||
|rowspan="5"|Bolton Wanderers|2008–09|Premier League|38|0|1|0|1|0|—|40|0||
|2009–10|Premier League|36|1|4|0|3|0|—|43|1||||
|2010–11|Premier League|36|1|5|0|0|0|—|41|1||||
|2011–12|Premier League|20|1|2|0|2|1|—|24|2||||

## Honours

**England U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runners-up: 2009

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Fabrice Muamba
- **image**: FabriceMuamba cropped.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Muamba in 2007
- **fullname**: Fabrice Ndala Muamba
- **birth place**: Kinshasa, Zaire
- **position**: Midfielder#Central midfielder, Central midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 2002–2005
- **youthclubs1**: Arsenal F.C. Academy, Arsenal
- **years1**: 2005–2007
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2006–2007
- **clubs2**: → Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City (loan)
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2007–2008
- **clubs3**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps3**: 37
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2008–2012
- **clubs4**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **caps4**: 130
- **goals4**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 201
- **totalgoals**: 5
- **nationalyears1**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-17 football team, England U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam4**: England national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 8
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2007–2011
- **nationalteam5**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 33
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2018–
- **managerclubs1**: Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale U16