Zico Tumba

Zico Tumba (born 29 April 1977) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward in France and the Netherlands. He gained three caps for the DR Congo national team.

Club career Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Tumba came to Clermont-Ferrand, France with his father at age 11. He progressed through the youth academy of Metz alongside players such as Robert Pires and Louis Saha.

His performances with Mulhouse earned him a move to the Netherlands, where he would initially play for De Graafschap for 3 seasons. Tumba played regularly and played 59 games and scored 10 times.

Tumba moved to France and started playing football with the amateurs of Sète 34. There, he won promotion to the second division, but chose to leave for USL Dunkerque as he did not want to play at the professional level again.

After football Tumba owned his own shop with African articles in Lens.

In March 2014, he became assistant coach of Le Touquet AC as well as coaching the women's team.