Zola Matumona

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Zola Matumona
Personal information
Date of birth November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26) (age 26)
Place of birth    Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Brussels
Number  ?
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2002
2003
2004-2005
2006
2006-
AS Vita Club
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo
AS Vita Club
Primeiro de Agisto
FC Brussels




51 (7)   
National team
2002- Congo DR

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Zola Matumona (born 26 November 1981) is a Congolese footballer. He is currently playing in Belgium for FC Brussels. He also plays for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A speedy central midfielder with excellent technique and ball control, Matumona walked out of FC Brussels on 2 November 2007 after he accused club chairman Johan Vermeersch of making racist remarks towards him during a crisis meeting at the struggling club. Vermeersch was reported to have told Matumona to "think about other things than trees and bananas".[1] The incident also prompted the club's main sponsor, Korean car manafacturer Kia, to withdraw their sponsorship of the Belgian side.[2] Although on 7 November Matumona agreed to return to FC Brussels after talks with Vermeesch, Kia refused to renew their contract with the club [3]