Timothy Fayulu
Squad number 16 · Noah
Their 2026 World Cup
Timothy Fayulu travelled to the 2026 World Cup with DR Congo, wearing number 16, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by England 2-1.
The goalkeeping job went to L. Mpasi (4 matches, 360′).
Another 4 players in the DR Congo squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the DR Congo team page.
Biography
Timothy Bruce Fayulu (born 24 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Armenian Premier League club FC Noah on loan from Sion. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
Club career Fayulu began his footballing career as a forward with CS Italien when he was 7 years old. Switching to goalkeeper after a growth spurt, he spent his early career with various youth clubs in Switzerland before moving to Sion in 2018. Fayulu made his professional debut for the Swiss club in a 3–0 Swiss Super League win over Grasshopper on 22 May 2019. Often used as a second-choice goalkeeper in the earliest stages of his career, the first choice being Kevin Fickentscher, during the 2020–21 season he started featuring for Sion more regularly, in alternative to the same team-mate. He started the 2021–22 season as the starter at Sion, before soon losing the starting spot to Fickentscher once again. On 24 June 2022, Fayulu moved on a season-long loan to Winterthur.
International career Born in Switzerland, Fayulu is of Congolese descent.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
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