{{Short description|Congolese footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jonathan Bolingi | image = 2018-02-22 Entrainement excel jonathan bolingi.jpg | upright = 0.8 | caption = Bolingi training with Mouscron in 2018 | full_name = Jonathan Bolingi Mpangi Merikani<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=526&kisiID=2292617 |title=Jonathan Bolingi Mpangi Merikani |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|6|30}} | birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire | height = 1.90 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Bolingi |language=Thai |url=https://www.buriramunited.com/th/team/detail/121 |publisher=Buriram United F.C. |access-date=31 December 2022 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231080026/https://www.buriramunited.com/th/team/detail/121 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | position = Forward, Left winger | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Jomo Cosmos | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2014–2017 | clubs2 = Mazembe | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 20 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = Standard Liège | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = → Mouscron (loan) | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2018–2021 | clubs5 = Antwerp | caps5 = 40 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = → Eupen (loan) | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = → Ankaragücü (loan) | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 5 | years9 = 2022–2023 | clubs9 = Buriram United | caps9 = 35 | goals9 = 11 | years10 = 2023–2025 | clubs10 = Vojvodina | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2025–2026 | clubs11 = Chonburi | caps11 = 27 | goals11 = 6 | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalteam1 = DR Congo | nationalcaps1 = 34 | nationalgoals1 = 9 | club-update = 05:30, 30 April 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 8 June 2022 }} '''Jonathan Bolingi Mpangi Merikani''' (born 30 June 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who last played as a forward.
==Club career== On 3 September 2019, Bolingi joined Eupen on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Eupen|url=https://www.as-eupen.be/fr/jonathan-bolingi-rejoint-la-kas-eupen/|title=Jonathan Bolingi rejoint la KAS Eupen|date=3 September 2019|language=fr|access-date=29 October 2019|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204043016/https://www.as-eupen.be/fr/jonathan-bolingi-rejoint-la-kas-eupen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 February 2021, Bolingi joined Swiss Super League side Lausanne-Sport on loan for the rest of the season with an option to make the deal permanent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/jonathan-bolingi-est-lausannois/|title=JONATHAN BOLINGI EST LAUSANNOIS!|publisher=FC Lausanne-Sport|date=5 February 2021|accessdate=5 February 2021|language=French}}</ref>
On 2 December 2021, Bolingi signed with Buriram United in Thailand.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Buriram United|url=https://www.buriramunited.com/main_news/detail/1136|title=OFFICIAL! ปราสาทสายฟ้า เสริมดุ คว้าตัว โจนาธาน โบลินกิ ดาวยิงดีกรีทีมชาติ DR CONGO ร่วมทัพ|date=2 December 2021|access-date=8 February 2022|language=th}}</ref>
On 29 July 2023, he signed a two-year deal with Vojvodina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subotin |first=Miloš |title=Џонатан Болинги потписао за Војводину! |url=https://www.fkvojvodina.rs/dzonatan-bolingi-potpisao-za-vojvodinu/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=ФК Војводина |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bolingi is the son of former professional footballer, Mpangi Merikani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiookapi.net/2017/02/01/actualite/sport/transfert-bope-bolingi-et-luyindama-mazembe-pretes-au-standard-de-liege|title=Transfert: Bope, Bolingi et Luyindama (Mazembe) prêtés au Standard de Liège|date=1 February 2017}}</ref>
==Career statistics== :''Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|61926}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 21 January 2016 || Stade Huye, Butare, Rwanda || {{fb|ANG}} || align=center | '''3'''–0 || align=center | 4–2 || 2016 African Nations Championship |- | 2. || 3 February 2016 || Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda || {{fb|GUI}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–1 {{pen|5–4}} || 2016 African Nations Championship |- | 3. || 7 February 2016 || Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda || {{fb|MLI}} || align=center | '''3'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 2016 African Nations Championship |- | 4. || 29 March 2016 || Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ANG}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |- | 5. || 4 September 2016 || Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo || {{fb|CAR}} || align=center | '''3'''–1 || align=center | 4–1 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |- | 6. || 8 October 2016 || Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo || {{fb|LBY}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 4–0 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 7. || 11 November 2017 || Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo || {{fb|GUI}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 3–1 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 8. || 30 June 2019 || 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt || {{fb|ZIM}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 4–0 || 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |- | 9. || 8 June 2022 || Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan || {{fb|SUD}} || align=center | '''1'''–2 || align=center | 1–2 || 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |}
==Honours== '''TP Mazembe''' * Linafoot: 2013–14, 2015–16; runner-up 2014–15{{fact|date=October 2023}} * CAF Champions League: 2015{{fact|date=October 2023}} * CAF Super Cup: 2016{{fact|date=October 2023}} * CAF Confederation Cup: 2016{{fact|date=October 2023}}
'''Buriram United''' * Thai League 1: 2021–22, 2022–23{{fact|date=October 2023}} * Thai FA Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23{{fact|date=October 2023}} *Thai League Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23{{fact|date=October 2023}}
'''DR Congo''' * African Nations Championship: 2016{{fact|date=October 2023}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{soccerway|jonathan-bolingi/334388}} * [https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-lausanne-sport/player/jonathan-bolingi-mpangi/season/202021/ SFL Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204043022/https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-lausanne-sport/player/jonathan-bolingi-mpangi/season/202021/ |date=4 December 2021 }}
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