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José Mukendi

Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer (1961-2006)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ16017510 ↗
Source-derived summary

José Mukendi Tshilumba (born 1961 in Zaire) (sometimes spelled Mokendi) played international football for Zaire and club football for Derry City and Finn Harps. He died in London in 2006 at the age of 45.

His son, Marc, played for Derry, Finn Harps and Coleraine.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “José Mukendi” as democratic Republic of the Congo footballer (1961-2006). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around José, Mukendi and Democratic.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1961, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1961-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with José, Mukendi and Democratic providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16017510. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “José Mukendi” 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.