{{short description|Congolese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yannick Loemba | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|04|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | height = 1.78m | currentclub = UR Namur | clubnumber = 23 | position = Winger | years1 = 2011–2014 |clubs1 = WS Bruxelles |caps1 = 59 |goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2014–2015 |clubs2 = Mons |caps2 = 31 |goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2015–2017 |clubs3 = Oostende |caps3 = 8 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2016–2017 |clubs4 = → OH Leuven (loan) | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2017 |clubs5 = Adana Demirspor | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2018–2019 |clubs6 = Dundee United |caps6 = 9 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2021–2022 |clubs7 = Mons |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2022–2025 |clubs8 = RFC Liège |caps8 = 62 |goals8 = 7 | years9 = 2025– |clubs9 = UR Namur |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Congo U23 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 7 February 2026 }}
'''Yannick Loemba''' (born 21 April 1990) is a Congolese footballer who plays for UR Namur in the Belgian Division 1.
==Club career== Loemba signed a two-year contract with Dundee United in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44956994 |title=Dundee United: Yannick Leomba becomes Csaba Laszlo's 12th summer signing |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 July 2018 |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918043549/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44956994 |url-status=live }}</ref> Having made ten appearances in the early part of the 2018-19 season, he rarely featured after Robbie Neilson replaced Csaba László as manager and was released by the club in July 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodger |first1=Calum |title=Dundee United confirm departure of winger Yannick Loemba |url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-united-confirm-departure-of-winger-yannick-loemba/ |access-date=31 July 2019 |work=Evening Telegraph |date=31 July 2019 |location=Dundee |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731180048/https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-united-confirm-departure-of-winger-yannick-loemba/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==International career== Loemba was born in the Republic of the Congo, and moved to Belgium when he was eight years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/DMF20151016_00720474|title=L'Incroyable parcours de Yannick Loemba: De la P4 au sommet de la D1 en 8 ans|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2017-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102082149/http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/DMF20151016_00720474|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared for the Congo U23s for a friendly against Morocco U23s.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.africatopsports.com/2015/03/27/amical-u23-le-congolais-gandze-capitaine-face-au-maroc/|title = Amical U23 : Le Congolais Gandzé capitaine face au Maroc|date = 27 March 2015|access-date = 1 January 2017|archive-date = 2 January 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170102172746/http://www.africatopsports.com/2015/03/27/amical-u23-le-congolais-gandze-capitaine-face-au-maroc/|url-status = live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|yannick-gaby-loemba/191755}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loemba, Yannick}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Republic of the Congo men's footballers Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Belgian people of Republic of the Congo descent Category:Black Belgian sportspeople Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen Category:RWS Bruxelles players Category:RAEC Mons (1910) players Category:KV Oostende players Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Category:Adana Demirspor footballers Category:Dundee United F.C. players Category:RAEC Mons (2015) players Category:RFC Liège players Category:Union Namur players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Challenger Pro League players Category:Belgian Division 1 players Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
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