Tueba Explained

Tueba
Full Name:Gery Tueba Menayame
Birth Date:13 March 1963
Birth Place:Léopoldville, Congo-Léopoldville
Height:1.74 m
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1985–1986
Years2:1986–1988
Years3:1988–1989
Years4:1989–1991
Years5:1991–1992
Years6:1992–1993
Years7:1993–1994
Years8:1995–1996
Years9:1996–1997
Years10:1997–1998
Years11:1998–2000
Clubs9:Dragões Sandinenses
Clubs10:Ourique
Clubs11:União Santiago
Caps2:28
Caps3:29
Caps4:59
Caps5:28
Caps6:26
Caps7:26
Caps8:26
Totalcaps:222
Goals2:2
Goals3:1
Goals4:3
Goals5:2
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Totalgoals:8
Nationalyears1:1987–1992
Nationalteam1:Zaire
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:2

Gery Tueba Menayame (born 13 March 1963), known simply as Tueba, is a Congolese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, appearing for six different clubs and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 169 matches and eight goals over seven seasons.

Club career

Tueba was born in Kinshasa, Zaire. After arriving in Portugal at age 23 from AS Vita Club, he went on to spend the following decade in the country, starting out with Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica and helping it to three national accolades during his two-year spell, although he never was an undisputed starter.[1]

Released in summer 1988, after the team lost the final of the European Cup to PSV Eindhoven – he was not picked for the decisive game's squad – Tueba consolidated himself in the Portuguese top flight in the following years, successively representing Vitória de Setúbal, F.C. Tirsense, S.C. Farense and Gil Vicente FC. In 1993, he moved to the second division with Leixões SC, then continued to play in the country until the age of 37, his final years being spent in amateur football.[1]

International career

Tueba represented Zaire at the 1992 African Cup of Nations in Senegal, scoring one goal for the eventual quarter-finalists.[2]

Honours

Benfica

1986–87

1986–87

1986

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tueba: ia para o Sporting, jogou no Benfica e está muito gordo. Tueba: he was going to Sporting, he played for Benfica and he is very fat. Mais Futebol. Da Cunha. Pedro Jorge. Portuguese. 12 February 2015. 6 December 2018.
  2. Web site: African Nations Cup 1992. RSSSF. 6 December 2018.