Mavis Tchibota

Mavis Tchibota Dufounou (; born 7 May 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who last played as a winger for Liga II club Sepsi OSK.

Club career Tchibota began his career in his native Congolese league playing for Diables Noirs, before officially joining the system of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015. He spent the majority of his time out on loan with fellow Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Kfar Saba, joining in July 2015. He scored his opening senior goal in his second match, notching a seventy second-minute winner over Maccabi Haifa.

On 19 February 2019, Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad announced Tchibota had penned a pre-contract agreement with the club; effective from the succeeding June. He scored on his competitive debut for them, netting in their 2–0 Bulgarian Supercup victory over Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 3 July.

On 12 September 2024, Tchibota signed with Russian Premier League club Akron Tolyatti. On 27 January 2025, Tchibota returned to Israel and joined Bnei Sakhnin on loan. On 11 June 2025, his contract with Akron was terminated by mutual consent.

On 3 September 2025, Tchibota joined Sepsi OSK in Romania.

International career Tchibota was selected in the Congo under-17 squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. He represented the Congo under-20s in 2014. In September 2017, Tchibota was called up to the senior team for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ghana. In 2016, Tchibota applied for Israeli citizenship by marriage. In September 2017, he made his competitive debut for Congo.

Honours Diables Noirs Coupe du Congo: 2014

Bnei Yehuda Israel State Cup: 2018–19 Israel Super Cup runner-up: 2017

Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgarian First League: 2019–20, 2020–21 Bulgarian Supercup: 2019, 2021

Maccabi Haifa Israeli Premier League: 2021–22, 2022–23 Israel State Cup runner-up: 2021–22 Israel Super Cup: 2023