# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/didier-mbenga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:43:27.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/didier-mbenga"
name: "Didier Mbenga"
slug: "didier-mbenga"
description: "Didier \"D. J.\" Ilunga-Mbenga is a Belgian-Congolese former professional basketball player. He has also played for the Belgian national basketball team as he is a dual citizen of both his native countries."
tagline: "Belgian/Congolese basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_Mbenga_Lakers_Fan_Jam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1980-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.968516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C2%B7J%C2%B7%E6%9C%AC%E5%8A%A0"
    title: "D·J·本加"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "دي جاي مبنجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "دى جاى مبنجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Mbenga"
    title: "D. J. Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Mbenga"
    title: "D. J. Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94"
    title: "דידייה אילונגה מבנגה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.J._Mbenga"
    title: "D.J. Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC"
    title: "D・J・エムベンガ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga_Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga_Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5"
    title: "Илунга-Мбенга, Дидье"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Ilunga-Mbenga"
    title: "Didier Ilunga-Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Mbenga"
    title: "D. J. Mbenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q381762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump