Dembakwi Yomba

Dembakwi Yomba
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-04) September 4, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2014–2015 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Atlético Madrid C 0 (0)
2016 Orlando City B 0 (0)
2017–2018 Reno 1868 4 (1)
2017–2018 → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 0 (0)
2019 Oakland Roots 4 (0)
2020 Laçi 2 (0)
2022 Sporting Kansas City II 3 (0)
International career
2013 United States U18 8 (0)
2014 United States U20 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Dembakwi "Boxi" Yomba (born September 4, 1996) is a professional soccer player. Born in Sierra Leone, he has represented the United States at youth level.

Career

Yomba signed with Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2014,[1] before returning to the United States to join United Soccer League club Orlando City B on January 13, 2016.[2] He failed to make a first-team appearance during his time at Orlando, and was released by the club at the end of the 2016 season.[3]

On March 14, 2017, Yomba signed with United Soccer League club Reno 1868.[4] He scored his first goal for the team against OSA FC on May 17 during the second round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup.[5] Yomba was one of five Reno players called up by the team's Major League Soccer affiliate, the San Jose Earthquakes, for its July 14 friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt, and he substituted in for Chris Wondolowski in the 33rd minute of the 4–1 victory before being substituted out again in the 63rd minute for Valeri Qazaishvili.[6]

Yomba and Reno mutually parted ways on June 23, 2018.[7]

Yomba joined Oakland Roots on July 5, 2019.[8]

In January 2020, Yomba moved to Albanian Kategoria Superiore side Laçi.[9] He left the club again at the end of the season.

On February 28, 2022, Yomba signed with MLS Next Pro side Sporting Kansas City II.[10]

References

  1. ^ "American whizkid Dembakwi Yomba joins Atletico Madrid - Tribal Football". www.tribalfootball.com.
  2. ^ "Orlando City B Deepens Squad with Seven Acquisitions | Orlando City".
  3. ^ David, Austin (8 June 2016). "Orlando City B Parts Ways with "Boxi" Yomba". The Mane Land.
  4. ^ "Reno 1868 FC signs Dembakwi Yomba". Reno Gazette Journal.
  5. ^ "#USOC2017 DREAMERS ONE STEP FROM MLS RECKONING". US Soccer. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ "RECAP: Earthquakes Defeat Bundesliga's Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ FC, Reno 1868 (23 June 2018). "Reno 1868 FC, Dembakwi Yomba Mutually Part Ways". Reno 1868 FC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Oakland Roots Sign Winger Dembakwi Yomba". OaklandRootsSC.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  9. ^ Dembakwi Yomba at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Sporting KC II signs Tijani Fatah, Curtez Kellman, Cole McLagan and Dembakwi Yomba".


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