# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-mokuna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:43.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-mokuna"
name: "Léon Mokuna"
slug: "leon-mokuna"
description: "Léon Mokuna Mutombo, nicknamed Le Trouet or Trouet, was a Belgian-Congolese professional footballer who played for Sporting Lisbon, Gent and SV Waregem between 1954 and 1966. He was among the first Africans to play professionally in Belgium, and may have been the first Congolese player in a European side. His role has been described as \"pioneering\" by BBC Sport."
tagline: "Belgian association football player (1928-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1928-11-01"
deathDate: "2020-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             25
  historical:           7.024912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna"
    title: "Léon Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ليون موكونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna"
    title: "Léon Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna"
    title: "Léon Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Mokuna"
    title: "León Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna"
    title: "Léon Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Mokuna"
    title: "Léon Mokuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мокуна, Леон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15839289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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