Pierre Ndaye Mulamba was a football midfielder from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire.
12 Facts About Ndaye Mulamba
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Ndaye Mulamba was a second-half substitute for the Zaire national team against Morocco in the decisive match in qualification for the 1974 World Cup.
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In 1974 Mulamba played for Zaire in both the African Cup of Nations in Egypt and the World Cup in West Germany.
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Ndaye Mulamba was named Player of the Tournament and was awarded the National Order of the Leopard by President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Ndaye Mulamba said later that the team had underperformed, either in protest or from loss of morale, after not receiving a promised $45,000 match bonus.
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In 1994, Ndaye Mulamba was honoured at the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia.
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Ndaye Mulamba was sheltered by Emmanuel Paye-Paye for eight months' recuperation.
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Ndaye Mulamba went to Johannesburg and then Cape Town, where he was taken in by a family in a township.
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In 1998, a minute's silence was held at the African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso after an erroneous report that Ndaye Mulamba had died in a diamond mining accident in Angola.
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Ndaye Mulamba met with Danny Jordaan, head of the organising committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Ndaye Mulamba suffered from heart, kidney and knee problems in later life and was a wheelchair user.
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Ndaye Mulamba lived in poverty and without recognition in the Khayelitsha township of Cape Town.