Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matondo-Merveille Papela | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Mainz, Germany | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | TSV Schott Mainz | ||
2011–2020 | Mainz 05 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Mainz 05 II | 50 | (6) |
2019– | Mainz 05 | 7 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → SV Sandhausen (loan) | 19 | (2) |
International career | |||
2016 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Germany U16 | 8 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Germany U17 | 12 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
2020 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 |
Matondo-Merveille Papela (born 18 January 2001) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mainz 05.[1]
Papela made his professional debut for Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga on 3 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute for Phillipp Mwene against Bayern Munich. The away match finished as a 5–2 loss.[2]
On 24 August 2022, Papela joined SV Sandhausen on a season-long loan.[3]
Born in Germany, Papela is of Congolese descent.[4] He has appeared for the Germany under-15 to under-18 and under-20 national teams. He was included in the Germany U17 team for the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England. He made three appearances in the tournament, in which Germany were eliminated in the group stage.[1]