Ricky Mavuba Mafuila Ku Mbundu (15 December 1949 – 30 November 1996) was a football player from Zaire, nicknamed The Black Sorcerer. His son Rio Mavuba is a former French international footballer.
Biography Born in Léopoldville, he competed for Zaire at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany and also won the 1974 African Cup of Nations in Egypt defeating Zambia in a second game by 2–0.
Mavuba is remembered for taking direct free kicks and penalty kicks. He is credited as the first Congolese footballer to score directly from a corner kick, a curved shot that went straight into the net without deflections.
Following his football career, Mavuba moved to Angola. He fled the country with his family at the onset of the civil war in 1984 and lived as a refugee in France until his death in November 1996.
Club career Mavuba represented AS Vita Club of Kinshasa from 1968 to 1979, winning six league titles and the CAF Champions League in 1973.
Honours Zaire African Cup of Nations: 1974
References
See also 1974 FIFA World Cup squads