{{Short description|Association football player (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Benjamin Mokulu | image = Benjamin Mokulu.jpg | caption = Mokulu with Cremonese in 2017 | fullname = Benjamin Mokulu Tembe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | height = 1.87 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Heraclea | clubnumber = 89 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007 | youthclubs1 = FC Brussels | years1 = 2007–2008 | years2 = 2008 | years3 = 2008–2009 | years4 = 2010–2013 | years5 = 2013–2015 | years6 = 2014 | years7 = 2015–2018 | years8 = 2017 | years9 = 2017–2018 | years10 = 2018–2019 | years11 = 2019 | years12 = 2019–2021 | years13 = 2020–2021 | years14 = 2022 | years15 = 2022 | years16 = 2022–2023 | years17 = 2023–2024 | years18 = 2024 | years19 = 2024–2025 | years20 = 2025 | years21 = 2025– | clubs1 = FC Brussels | clubs2 = → Union SG (loan) | clubs3 = Oostende | clubs4 = Lokeren | clubs5 = Mechelen | clubs6 = → Bastia (loan) | clubs7 = Avellino | clubs8 = → Frosinone (loan) | clubs9 = → Cremonese (loan) | clubs10 = Carpi | clubs11 = → Juventus U23 (loan) | clubs12 = Padova | clubs13 = → Ravenna (loan) | clubs14 = Swift Hesperange | clubs15 = Trapani | clubs16 = United Riccione | clubs17 = Matera | clubs18 = Brindisi | clubs19 = Acireale | clubs20 = UniPomezia | clubs21 = Heraclea | caps1 = 12 | caps2 = 11 | caps3 = 44 | caps4 = 103 | caps5 = 30 | caps6 = 4 | caps7 = 60 | caps8 = 19 | caps9 = 16 | caps10 = 16 | caps11 = 13 | caps12 = 17 | caps13 = 26 | caps14 = 12 | caps15 = 10 | caps16 = 23 | caps17 = 20 | caps18 = 12 | caps19 = 19 | caps20 = 11 | caps21 = 7 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 5 | goals3 = 19 | goals4 = 18 | goals5 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 12 | goals8 = 2 | goals9 = 4 | goals10 = 3 | goals11 = 4 | goals12 = 1 | goals13 = 13 | goals14 = 6 | goals15 = 0 | goals16 = 3 | goals17 = 5 | goals18 = 0 | goals19 = 11 | goals20 = 0 | goals21 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalyears2 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Belgium U21 | nationalteam2 = DR Congo | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | pcupdate = 15 March 2026 | ntupdate = 3 September 2010 }}
'''Benjamin Mokulu Tembe''' (born 11 October 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Heraclea. Born in Belgium, he has represented the DR Congo national team.
==Club career== In January 2019, he joined Juventus U23 on loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carpifc.com/news-article/mercato-mokulu-alla-juventus-b/|title=Carpi FC 1909|language=it-IT|access-date=31 January 2019|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131163334/http://www.carpifc.com/news-article/mercato-mokulu-alla-juventus-b/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After the end of the 2018–19 season, he was bought by Juventus. On 16 July 2019, he moved to Padova on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Padova|url=http://www.padovacalcio.it/mokulu-tembe-padova/|title=Mokulu Tembe è un giocatore del Calcio Padova|date=16 July 2019}}</ref> On 24 January 2020, he joined Ravenna on loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Ravenna|url=https://www.ravennafc.it/news/grande-colpo-del-ravenna-fc-ecco-mokulu/|title=Grande colpo del Ravenna FC ecco Mokulu|date=24 January 2020|language=Italian}}</ref> On 3 September 2020, he returned to Ravenna on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Ravenna|url=https://www.ravennafc.it/news/arriva-il-primo-botto-di-mercato-benjamin-mokulu/|title=Arriva il primo botto di mercato: Benjamin Mokulu|date=3 September 2020|language=Italian}}</ref>
On 24 April 2021, Mokulu was suspended by a year for doping.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stangata per Mokulu: squalifica di un anno per doping {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/stangata-mokulu-squalifica-un-anno-doping/1ojwet733t6i41rsfpki8y5ly5|date=24 April 2021|access-date=5 April 2023|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
In January 2022, he joined Luxembourg club Swift Hesperange.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[BGL Ligue] Mokulu, un sacré numéro débarque au Swift |language=fr |url=https://lequotidien.lu/sport-national/bgl-ligue-mokulu-un-sacre-numero-debarque-au-swift-comme-n9/|access-date=4 October 2022|date=11 January 2022| website=LeQuotidien.lu}}</ref> In September 2022, he returned in Italy to play with Serie D club Trapani.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nuovo rinforzo per il Trapani, arriva il bomber belga Mokulu: ceduto Le Mura |language=it |url=https://trapani.gds.it/articoli/calciomercato-sport/2022/09/09/nuovo-rinforzo-per-il-trapani-arriva-il-bomber-belga-mokulu-ceduto-le-mura-47e30ee8-712c-4fb1-b812-af6583752be7/|access-date=4 October 2022|date=9 September 2022|website=Giornale di Sicilia}}</ref> On 1 December 2022, Mokulu joined United Riccione.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trapanigranata.it/2022/12/01/ufficiale-mokulu-lascia-il-trapani/|title=UFFICIALE: Mokulu lascia il Trapani|language=Italian|date=1 December 2022|accessdate=2 December 2022}}</ref>
==International career== Mokulu played two matches, in 2010, in Belgium U21.
He also has a cap in DR Congo national team having made his debut against Gabon in 2011.<ref>[http://www.corsenetinfos.fr/Benjamin-Mokulu-Tembe-Malines-en-Bleu_a11044.html Benjamin Mokulu-Tembe (Malines) en "Bleu"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215102646/http://www.corsenetinfos.fr/Benjamin-Mokulu-Tembe-Malines-en-Bleu_a11044.html |date=15 February 2015 }} corsenetinfos.fr</ref>
==Honours== '''Lokeren''' *Belgian Cup: 2011–12
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://avellino-calcio.it/benjamin-mokulu-tembe News on Benjamin Mokulu Tembe] * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201181552/http://www.footgoal.net/fichejoueur.php?id_comp=35&id_club=57&id_joueur=2721 |date=1 December 2008 |title=Footgoal Profile }} * {{LFP|mokulu-tembe-benjamin}} * {{Soccerway|benjamin-mokulu-tembe/20186}}
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