Kevin Mbabu

**Melingo Kevin Mbabu** (born 19 April 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Switzerland national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Servette|2012–13|Swiss Super League|1|0|0|0|—|0|0|1|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Newcastle United|2013–14|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||
|2014–15|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|2015–16|Premier League|3|0|1|0|1|0|—|5|0||||
|2016–17|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|Rangers (loan)|2014–15|Scottish Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|||
|Young Boys (loan)|2016–17|Swiss Super League|21|1|2|1|—|1|0|24|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Young Boys|2017–18|Swiss Super League|32|2|2|0|—|10|0|44|2||
|2018–19|Swiss Super League|24|0|2|0|—|7|1|33|1||||
|rowspan="4"|VfL Wolfsburg|2019–20|Bundesliga|20|3|2|0|—|5|0|27|3||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|22|0|2|0|—|0|0|24|0||||
|2021–22|Bundesliga|24|0|1|0|—|6|0|31|0||||
|Fulham|2022–23|Premier League|6|0|0|0|1|0|—|7|0|||
|Servette (loan)|2022–23|Swiss Super League|16|0|1|0|—|17|0|||||
|FC Augsburg (loan)|2023–24|Bundesliga|25|0|0|0|—|25|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Midtjylland|2024–25|Danish Superliga|23|2|1|0|—|7|0|31|2||
|2025–26|Danish Superliga|11|0|0|0|—|6|0|17|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Switzerland|2018|3|0|
|2019|5|0|||
|2020|1|0|||
|2021|10|0|||
|2022|3|0|||
|2023|0|0|||
|2024|3|0|||

## Honours

**Young Boys**
- Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19

**Individual**
- Axpo Swiss League Player of the Year: 2018
- Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2018–19
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kevin Mbabu
- **image**: Kevin Mbabu.jpg
- **caption**: Mbabu playing for BSC Young Boys, Young Boys in 2018
- **full name**: Melingo Kevin Mbabu
- **birth place**: Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Right-back
- **currentclub**: FC Midtjylland, Midtjylland
- **clubnumber**: 43
- **youthyears1**: –2012
- **youthclubs1**: Servette FC, Servette
- **years1**: 2012–2013
- **clubs1**: Servette FC, Servette
- **caps1**: 1
- **goals1**: 0
- **clubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **years2**: 2013–2017
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2015
- **clubs3**: → Rangers F.C., Rangers (loan)
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2016–2017
- **clubs4**: → BSC Young Boys, Young Boys (loan)
- **caps4**: 21
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2017–2019
- **clubs5**: BSC Young Boys, Young Boys
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2019–2022
- **clubs6**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **caps6**: 66
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2022–2024
- **clubs7**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps7**: 6
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2023
- **clubs8**: → Servette FC, Servette (loan)
- **caps8**: 16
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2023–2024
- **clubs9**: → FC Augsburg (loan)
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2024–
- **clubs10**: FC Midtjylland, Midtjylland
- **caps10**: 34
- **goals10**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2011
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-16 football team, Switzerland U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2011–2012
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-17 football team, Switzerland U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-18 football team, Switzerland U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2012–2014
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national under-19 football team, Switzerland U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2018–
- **nationalteam5**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps5**: 25
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **pcupdate**: 5 October 2025
- **ntupdate**: 15 November 2024