Tueba Menayame

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

Tueba
Personal information
Full name Gery Tueba Menayame
Date of birth (1963-03-13) 13 March 1963
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Vita Club
1986–1988 Benfica 28 (2)
1988–1989 Vitória Setúbal 29 (1)
1989–1991 Tirsense 59 (3)
1991–1992 Farense 28 (2)
1992–1993 Gil Vicente 26 (0)
1993–1994 Leixões 26 (0)
1995–1996 Amora 26 (0)
1996–1997 Dragões Sandinenses
1997–1998 Ourique
1998–2000 União Santiago
Total 222 (8)
National team
1988–1992 Zaire
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

References
  1. Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (12 February 2015). "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] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "African Nations Cup 1992". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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