Michel Kuka Mboladinga yana sunaye da yawa — Lumumba Vea, mutum-mutumin da ke raye — amma fuskarsa na zama daya daga cikin mafi shahurar fuskokin da ake gani a FIFA World Cup 2026. Wannan babban mai goyon bayan DR Congo ya ja hankalin duniya da wani aiki mai saukin mamaki: tsayawa cak ba tare da motsi ba, da hannun daya a sama, tsawon lokacin wasannin ƙasarsa.

Yana sanya jaket, riga, tai, da wando na babban tufafi — sau da yawa a launukan tutar DR Congo — Mboladinga yana riƙe da matsayinsa ba tare da ma motsi kaɗan ba. Wannan tsayuwa na kwaikwayon mutum-mutumin Lumumba da ke tsaye a Kinshasa, babban birnin Kongo.

Asalin wahayin wannan matsayi

Wannan abin tunawa yana girmama Patrice Lumumba, firaministan farko na Jamhuriyar Kongo ta Farko bayan samun 'yancin kai a shekarar 1960. Daga Lumumba ne Mboladinga ke ɗaukar laƙabinsa da sadaukarwarsa ta wasan kwaikwayo.

Yana zuwa wasanni ta wannan hanya tun daga shekarar 2013, amma shahararsa ta tashi sosai a lokacin Africa Cup of Nations da aka gudanar tsakanin Disamba 2025 da Janairu 2026, lokacin da bidiyo na banzancinsa mai ban mamaki ya yadu sosai a layi.

Keɓewa ta jinkirta shigarsa a Gasar Duniya

Mboladinga bai iya halartar wasan farko na ƙungiyar DR Congo a Gasar Duniya ba saboda tilastaccen keɓewa da ke da alaƙa da barkewar cutar Ebola a ƙasarsa. Duk da haka, an ga shi a Mexico yana da ƙwarin gwiwa, tare da DR Congo shirye don fuskantar Colombia a wasansu na biyu na ƙungiya, wanda zai fara ranar Laraba da karfe 03:00 BST.

Kasancewarsa a waccan wasan ana jiran shi da sha'awa — kuma idan tarihi ne jagora, ba zai motsa wata gaɓa daga busa farko har zuwa ƙarshe ba.