In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Zoba and the second or paternal family name is Mavuba.
Rio Mavuba
Mavuba lining up for Lille in 2011
Personal information
Full name
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba[1]
Date of birth
(1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth
Born at sea
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bordeaux II (assistant)
Youth career
2002–2003
Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2003–2007
Bordeaux
127
(1)
2007–2008
Villarreal
5
(0)
2008
→ Lille (loan)
17
(1)
2008–2017
Lille
282
(4)
2017–2018
Sparta Prague
11
(0)
2018–2019
Mérignac-Arlac [fr]
12
(0)
Total
454
(6)
International career
2003
DR Congo U21
1
(0)
2004–2006
France U21
21
(1)
2004–2014
France
13
(0)
Managerial career
2019–2020
Mérignac-Arlac [fr]
2020–
Bordeaux II (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as assistant manager at Bordeaux II.
He spent most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 2011 national championship with the latter.
A France international between 2004 and 2014, Mavuba represented the country at the 2014 World Cup.
^ ab"Rio Mavuba". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^"2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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