Wen Mukubu

{{short description|Congolese-born Belgian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Wen Mukubu | image = | caption = Mukubu with [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgium]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]] | height_m = 2.00 | weight_lbs = 216 | position = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]] | team = Leuven Bears | league = [[BNXT League]] | number = 4 | nationality = Belgian / Congolese | high_school = [[Miami Beach Senior High School|Miami Beach]] ([[Miami Beach, Florida]]) | college = *[[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]] (2002–2004) *[[UAB Blazers men's basketball|UAB]] (2005–2007) | draft_year = 2007 | career_start = 2007 | career_end = | years1= 2007–2008 | team1= [[STB Le Havre]] | years2= 2009 | team2= [[Sutor Montegranaro]] | years3= 2009–2010 | team3= [[SIG Strasbourg]] | years4= 2010 | team4= [[Cocodrilos de Caracas]] | years5= 2010 | team5= [[Basket Club Ferrara|Ferrara]] | years6= 2010–2011 | team6 = [[Pistoia Basket 2000|Pistoia 2000]] | years7= 2011 | team7= [[Liège Basket|Liège]] | years8=2011–2012 | team8=[[RBC Verviers-Pepinster|Wolves Verviers-Pepinster]] | years9=2012–2013 | team9= Liège | years10 = 2013–2015 | team10 = [[Spirou Charleroi]] | years11= 2015–2016 | team11=[[BCM Gravelines]] | years12= 2016 | team12 = [[JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole]] | years13 = 2016–2021 | team13 = [[Limburg United]] | years14 = 2021–2024 | team14 = [[Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen|Kangoeroes Mechelen]] | years15 = 2022–Present | team15 = [[Leuven Bears]] | highlights = *[[BNXT League Defensive Player of the Year|BNXT Defensive Player of the Year]] ([[2022–23 BNXT League|2023]]) *[[BNXT League Player of the Year|BNXT Belgian Player of the Year]] ([[2021–22 BNXT League|2022]]) *[[BNXT League Dream Team]] ([[2021–22 BNXT League|2022]]) }} '''Wen Boss Mukubu''' (born 2 August 1983) is a Congolese-born Belgian professional [[basketball]] player for [[Leuven Bears]] of the [[BNXT League]]. He has also played for the [[Belgium national basketball team|Belgian national team]], with whom he participated at the [[EuroBasket 2015]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_245.playerID_67256.html|title=Profile|publisher=eurobasket2015.org|accessdate=5 September 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905025942/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_245.playerID_67256.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==Professional career== In May 2021, Mukubu signed with [[Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen|Kangoeroes Mechelen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Wen Mukubu naar Kangoeroes Mechelen |url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20210519_95283441 |access-date=14 July 2021 |work=Gazet van Antwerpen |language=nl-BE}}</ref>

On 6 June 2024 he signed with [[Leuven Bears]] of the [[BNXT League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leuvenbears.be/nieuws/wen-mukubu|title=Wen Mukubu|last=|first=|date=June 6, 2024|website=leuvenbears.be|publisher=|language=nl|access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

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