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Désiré Mbonabucya

Rwandan footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ2397701 ↗
Source-derived summary

Désiré Mbonabucya (born 25 February 1977) is a Rwandan former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Mbonabucya was born in Kigali, Rwanda. He was considered a valuable goalscorer for Sint-Truiden during his time at the club. After an injury, Mbonabucya moved to KVK Tienen. On 20 February 2009, he signed for US Albert in Schaerbeek. and eighteen months contract.

International career

Along with teammate Claude Kalisa, Mbonabucya formed the backbone of the Rwandan national team that participated in the 2004 African Nations Cup.

Coaching career

Mbonabucya began his coaching career on 20 February 2009 as youth head coach for US Albert in Schaerbaek.

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“Désiré Mbonabucya” enters the record as rwandan footballer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Désiré, Mbonabucya and Rwandan can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 2009, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-02-25. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Désiré, Mbonabucya and Rwandan.
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“Désiré Mbonabucya” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Désiré, Mbonabucya and Rwandan provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2397701. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 2009 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Désiré Mbonabucya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.