Bowling Green State University Athletics
2016 Men's Soccer Roster
Mwembia, Anthony
Jersey Number 24
Anthony Mwembia
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Toulouse, France
Bio
PRONUNCIATION
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PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS SC
On Jan. 16, 2020, Mwembia signed a professional contract with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC.
2019
A 2019 team captain ... a United Soccer Coaches All-Region First-Team selection ... named to the All-MAC First Team for the second time in his career ... also was named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team ... was one of just 30 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award ... and, was named to the OCSA All-Ohio Team ... was the recipient of the Falcon Medal of Honor, the highest award a BGSU student-athlete can earn, at the Ziggys, the athletic department's year-end awards banquet ... the award goes to just one male and one female student athlete each year, across all sports ... also was a finalist for the Male-Athlete-of-the-Year award ... was ranked No. 7 on the Top Drawer Soccer Postseason list of the MAC's Top-20 players ... started all 21 matches, and had 63 saves, a GAA of 0.83 and a saves pct. of .788 ... also had 11 complete-match shutouts, becoming the first Falcon goalkeeper since 1998 to post a double-digit shutout total ... in MAC regular-season matches, had a .783 saves pct. and a GAA of 1.00 ... started both matches during the Falcons' trip to Western Pennsylvania on the season's opening weekend ... played all 110 minutes of the 1-1, double-overtime tie at Duquesne, making four saves ... played every second of the shutout win at Robert Morris, and was not called upon to make a save ... had two more clean sheets the following weekend, blanking Wisconsin and host Northwestern at the Lakeside Classic in Evanston, Ill. ... had two saves vs. the Badgers, in a 1-0 BG win ... then, made four stops against the Wildcats ... the latter shutout dropped his GAA to a miniscule 0.24 through four matches ... for his efforts, was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week ... made four saves against Ohio State ... had two stops vs. Cleveland State, keeping his fourth clean sheet in six matches to begin the year ... had three saves in the Cincinnati match ... on Sept. 23, was named a Senior CLASS Award finalist ... was credited with one save, although he undoubtedly made more than one, on the road against #18/23 Kentucky ... made one save against Canisius before being forced to leave the match due to injury after just 19:29 ... he had played every second of the previous 50 matches dating to October of 2016 ... was back in the lineup for the Detroit Mercy match three days later, and earned his fifth shutout of the season ... made two saves in BG's 1-0 road win over the Titans ... seven days later, again made two stops in another 1-0 clean sheet on the road, this time at IUPUI ... it was his sixth shutout of the season ... made eight saves, including several of the spectacular variety, in the MAC opener at Akron ... had two stops at SIUE ... picked up shutout number seven of the season in the Falcons' 4-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne ... made one save, a point-blank stop, midway through the second half vs. the Mastodons ... had three saves as BGSU drubbed West Virginia, 3-0, at a rainy and windy Cochrane Stadium ... the shutout was his second in a row and his eighth of the season ... it was also his 27th career shutout, moving him into second place on the BGSU career list ... had one save in the Western Michigan match ... made two stops in BG's 1-0 win at Wright State, for his ninth clean sheet of the season ... then, picked up shutout number 10 as BGSU ended the regular season with a 1-0 victory vs. Northern Illinois at Cochrane Stadium ... made four saves, all in the second half, to help the Falcons secure a home game in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round ... tied his season high with eight saves in the rematch with NIU three days later, as the Falcons picked up a 2-1 win in overtime, in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament ... six of those stops came in the second half, including several acrobatic saves in the 95-plus minutes of that victory ... made four saves in the Falcons' 1-0 win over top-seeded Akron in the semifinal round ... it marked BGSU's first win over the Zips since 2002, and the Falcons' first road victory against UA since 1997 ... it also marked his 11th shutout of the season and the 30th of his career ... of the 14 BGSU players to see action in that match, he was the lone Falcon who was alive the last time BG beat the Zips on the road ... made two saves and broke up numerous scoring chances in the league tourney final vs. WVU.
2018
A 2018 team captain ... one of three Falcons to start all 17 matches, and the only BGSU player to be on the field for every second of every match ... had 52 saves on the season, and had four shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.38 ... had a GAA of just 0.91 in MAC matches ... played all 90 minutes of the season opener vs. Northern Kentucky, making two saves ... made one stop at Penn State ... earned his first shutout of the season vs. Wright State, blanking the Raiders for all 110 minutes of the teams' scoreless draw ... had two saves in that match, and also made two stops as the Falcons beat Western Illinois two days later ... one of the two goals he allowed at WIU came on a PK ... made five saves against No. 3 Michigan State ... played all 110 minutes at Ohio State, and was credited with one save ... made five saves, including several spectacular stops, at Cleveland State, and had two saves at Purdue Fort Wayne ... made five stops in the Falcons' 2-1 win over Valparaiso ... kept a clean sheet in the MAC opener against Akron, making a career-high 10 saves in the scoreless, double-overtime draw ... became the first Falcon 'keeper to record a shutout vs. the Zips since David DeGraff in 2002 ... for his efforts vs. the Zips, he earned honorable mention on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Oct. 9) ... picked up a road win at IUPUI ... allowed two goals vs. the Jaguars, but both came on penalty kicks ... had three saves at Northern Illinois, as BGSU won in overtime on the road for the second-straight match ... played all 110 minutes vs. Western Michigan, making five saves ... had four stops en route to his third shutout of the season as BG won, 2-0, at Cincinnati ... made two saves at West Virginia ... picked up the shutout as the Falcons downed SIUE ... was called upon to make just one save in that win, which clinched the number-two seed in the MAC Tournament for the Falcons ... made two saves in the conference tournament semifinal-round match vs. Western Michigan.
SUMMER 2018
Played for Lansing United of the PDL ... earned honorable mention on the PDL's All-Central Conference Team for 2018.
2017
Was named to the All-Ohio Second Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played every second of every match ... had 64 saves, seven shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.04 on the year ... also had a saves percentage of .780 ... was ranked 10th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Conference Top-20 list ... had a GAA of just 0.72 and a saves pct. of .838 in home matches ... had a shutout in the regular-season opener vs. IUPUI, making one save ... then, had six stops en route to another clean sheet vs. Cleveland State three days later ... again made six saves without allowing a goal at Drexel ... was called upon to make just one stop at Penn two nights later, as he and the Falcons picked up a fourth-straight shutout to begin the season ... for his efforts, was named the MAC Player of the Week on Sept. 5 ... recorded his fifth consecutive shutout, making four saves as BGSU downed Western Illinois at Cochrane Stadium ... it was his 13th clean sheet in 23 career matches at BGSU ... made five saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' match at Michigan State ... against the No. 6 Spartans, allowed his first goal in six matches in 2017, with that goal coming on a penalty kick in the second half ... that snapped his shutout streak at 502:49 ... made four stops against Cincinnati, giving up a goal from the run of play for the first time in 2017 ... had four more saves in BGSU's next match, on the road against No. 1 Notre Dame, and also had the first assist of his collegiate career ... also had four stops at No. 25 Ohio State ... for the second time in as many road games against a Big Ten Conference opponent, allowed just one goal, and that goal came on a penalty kick ... made five saves in 101-plus minutes of action, posting a shutout in BG's 1-0, double-OT victory over Duquesne ... earned honorable mention on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Oct. 3) for his play in that win over DU ... that same day, he was announced as a finalist for the HERO Sports Hero of the Week ... had two stops en route to his seventh shutout of the year, as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0, double-overtime draw ... tied his career high with eight saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' OT match at Akron ... made four saves vs. Fort Wayne and five more in the Falcons' win over Northern Illinois ... had two stops in the final regular-season match, at No. 5 Western Michigan.
2016
Was named to the College Soccer News Freshman All-America Second Team ... is believed to be the first player in program history to earn CSN Freshman A-A honors ... named to the All-Ohio First Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... was named to the All-MAC First Team, becoming just the second freshman in school history (and the first in 22 years) to earn all-conference first-team honors ... additionally, was named BGSU Athletics' Male Newcomer of the Year at The Ziggys, the department's end-of-year awards banquet, in April of 2017 ... started 18 of the Falcons' 19 matches in his first season at BGSU ... had 69 saves, a goals-against average of just 0.73 and a save percentage of .831 ... had eight shutouts ... led the MAC in both saves pct. and GAA, ranking among the top-20 in the nation in both categories ... finished MAC regular-season play with a GAA of 0.53 and a saves pct. of .857 in league matches, again leading all conference 'keepers in the latter category and ranking second in GAA ... his eight shutouts were the most by a Falcon 'keeper since 2013, and no Falcon had had more since BGSU Hall-of-Famer Scott Vallow had 10 in 1998 ... played every second of all nine home matches, and had a GAA of 0.51, a saves pct. of .865 and five shutouts at Cochrane Stadium ... was nominated for Men's Soccer HERO of the Week by the HERO Sports web site on Nov. 9 ... made four saves to earn a shutout in his BGSU debut, vs. IUPUI ... had four saves in another home shutout, vs. Marshall ... kept his third clean sheet in four matches with eight saves in a 1-0, double-overtime win at Cleveland State ... stopped all three shots on goal he faced vs. Wright State, helping BG keep possession of the I-75 Cup ... had five saves as BG blanked Ohio State, 2-0, at Cochrane ... made three stops to keep a clean sheet as the Falcons downed nationally-ranked West Virginia on the road in the MAC opener ... had two saves in another conference road shutout win, against Northern Illinois ... was ranked 15th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Conference Top-20 list ... was one of five Falcons ranked in the top 20, after BG had not had a single player ranked on the TDS preseason list ... had four saves to earn his eighth shutout of the season in the Falcons' scoreless, double-OT draw vs. Buffalo at Cochrane.
PRIOR TO BGSU
Played for Castanet in the CFA2 in 2015-16 ... developed in the Toulouse Football Club Academy and was a starter with TFC from the U14 to U19 levels ... also has started games with the club's pro reserve team ... captained the U19 National TFC Team, and also played regularly with the CFA Team in the Fourth Division and trained with the pro team in the French Ligue 1.
PERSONAL
Anthony Jordan Mwembia was born on April 12, 1996, in Toulouse, France ... son of Kabeya Mwembia and Marthe Bilo'o Messi ... has two older sisters ... majoring in insurance and risk management at BGSU ... a member of the BGSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2017-18.
MWEMBIA'S CAREER STATS
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PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS SC
On Jan. 16, 2020, Mwembia signed a professional contract with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC.
2019
A 2019 team captain ... a United Soccer Coaches All-Region First-Team selection ... named to the All-MAC First Team for the second time in his career ... also was named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team ... was one of just 30 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award ... and, was named to the OCSA All-Ohio Team ... was the recipient of the Falcon Medal of Honor, the highest award a BGSU student-athlete can earn, at the Ziggys, the athletic department's year-end awards banquet ... the award goes to just one male and one female student athlete each year, across all sports ... also was a finalist for the Male-Athlete-of-the-Year award ... was ranked No. 7 on the Top Drawer Soccer Postseason list of the MAC's Top-20 players ... started all 21 matches, and had 63 saves, a GAA of 0.83 and a saves pct. of .788 ... also had 11 complete-match shutouts, becoming the first Falcon goalkeeper since 1998 to post a double-digit shutout total ... in MAC regular-season matches, had a .783 saves pct. and a GAA of 1.00 ... started both matches during the Falcons' trip to Western Pennsylvania on the season's opening weekend ... played all 110 minutes of the 1-1, double-overtime tie at Duquesne, making four saves ... played every second of the shutout win at Robert Morris, and was not called upon to make a save ... had two more clean sheets the following weekend, blanking Wisconsin and host Northwestern at the Lakeside Classic in Evanston, Ill. ... had two saves vs. the Badgers, in a 1-0 BG win ... then, made four stops against the Wildcats ... the latter shutout dropped his GAA to a miniscule 0.24 through four matches ... for his efforts, was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week ... made four saves against Ohio State ... had two stops vs. Cleveland State, keeping his fourth clean sheet in six matches to begin the year ... had three saves in the Cincinnati match ... on Sept. 23, was named a Senior CLASS Award finalist ... was credited with one save, although he undoubtedly made more than one, on the road against #18/23 Kentucky ... made one save against Canisius before being forced to leave the match due to injury after just 19:29 ... he had played every second of the previous 50 matches dating to October of 2016 ... was back in the lineup for the Detroit Mercy match three days later, and earned his fifth shutout of the season ... made two saves in BG's 1-0 road win over the Titans ... seven days later, again made two stops in another 1-0 clean sheet on the road, this time at IUPUI ... it was his sixth shutout of the season ... made eight saves, including several of the spectacular variety, in the MAC opener at Akron ... had two stops at SIUE ... picked up shutout number seven of the season in the Falcons' 4-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne ... made one save, a point-blank stop, midway through the second half vs. the Mastodons ... had three saves as BGSU drubbed West Virginia, 3-0, at a rainy and windy Cochrane Stadium ... the shutout was his second in a row and his eighth of the season ... it was also his 27th career shutout, moving him into second place on the BGSU career list ... had one save in the Western Michigan match ... made two stops in BG's 1-0 win at Wright State, for his ninth clean sheet of the season ... then, picked up shutout number 10 as BGSU ended the regular season with a 1-0 victory vs. Northern Illinois at Cochrane Stadium ... made four saves, all in the second half, to help the Falcons secure a home game in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round ... tied his season high with eight saves in the rematch with NIU three days later, as the Falcons picked up a 2-1 win in overtime, in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament ... six of those stops came in the second half, including several acrobatic saves in the 95-plus minutes of that victory ... made four saves in the Falcons' 1-0 win over top-seeded Akron in the semifinal round ... it marked BGSU's first win over the Zips since 2002, and the Falcons' first road victory against UA since 1997 ... it also marked his 11th shutout of the season and the 30th of his career ... of the 14 BGSU players to see action in that match, he was the lone Falcon who was alive the last time BG beat the Zips on the road ... made two saves and broke up numerous scoring chances in the league tourney final vs. WVU.
2018
A 2018 team captain ... one of three Falcons to start all 17 matches, and the only BGSU player to be on the field for every second of every match ... had 52 saves on the season, and had four shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.38 ... had a GAA of just 0.91 in MAC matches ... played all 90 minutes of the season opener vs. Northern Kentucky, making two saves ... made one stop at Penn State ... earned his first shutout of the season vs. Wright State, blanking the Raiders for all 110 minutes of the teams' scoreless draw ... had two saves in that match, and also made two stops as the Falcons beat Western Illinois two days later ... one of the two goals he allowed at WIU came on a PK ... made five saves against No. 3 Michigan State ... played all 110 minutes at Ohio State, and was credited with one save ... made five saves, including several spectacular stops, at Cleveland State, and had two saves at Purdue Fort Wayne ... made five stops in the Falcons' 2-1 win over Valparaiso ... kept a clean sheet in the MAC opener against Akron, making a career-high 10 saves in the scoreless, double-overtime draw ... became the first Falcon 'keeper to record a shutout vs. the Zips since David DeGraff in 2002 ... for his efforts vs. the Zips, he earned honorable mention on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Oct. 9) ... picked up a road win at IUPUI ... allowed two goals vs. the Jaguars, but both came on penalty kicks ... had three saves at Northern Illinois, as BGSU won in overtime on the road for the second-straight match ... played all 110 minutes vs. Western Michigan, making five saves ... had four stops en route to his third shutout of the season as BG won, 2-0, at Cincinnati ... made two saves at West Virginia ... picked up the shutout as the Falcons downed SIUE ... was called upon to make just one save in that win, which clinched the number-two seed in the MAC Tournament for the Falcons ... made two saves in the conference tournament semifinal-round match vs. Western Michigan.
SUMMER 2018
Played for Lansing United of the PDL ... earned honorable mention on the PDL's All-Central Conference Team for 2018.
2017
Was named to the All-Ohio Second Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played every second of every match ... had 64 saves, seven shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.04 on the year ... also had a saves percentage of .780 ... was ranked 10th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Conference Top-20 list ... had a GAA of just 0.72 and a saves pct. of .838 in home matches ... had a shutout in the regular-season opener vs. IUPUI, making one save ... then, had six stops en route to another clean sheet vs. Cleveland State three days later ... again made six saves without allowing a goal at Drexel ... was called upon to make just one stop at Penn two nights later, as he and the Falcons picked up a fourth-straight shutout to begin the season ... for his efforts, was named the MAC Player of the Week on Sept. 5 ... recorded his fifth consecutive shutout, making four saves as BGSU downed Western Illinois at Cochrane Stadium ... it was his 13th clean sheet in 23 career matches at BGSU ... made five saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' match at Michigan State ... against the No. 6 Spartans, allowed his first goal in six matches in 2017, with that goal coming on a penalty kick in the second half ... that snapped his shutout streak at 502:49 ... made four stops against Cincinnati, giving up a goal from the run of play for the first time in 2017 ... had four more saves in BGSU's next match, on the road against No. 1 Notre Dame, and also had the first assist of his collegiate career ... also had four stops at No. 25 Ohio State ... for the second time in as many road games against a Big Ten Conference opponent, allowed just one goal, and that goal came on a penalty kick ... made five saves in 101-plus minutes of action, posting a shutout in BG's 1-0, double-OT victory over Duquesne ... earned honorable mention on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Oct. 3) for his play in that win over DU ... that same day, he was announced as a finalist for the HERO Sports Hero of the Week ... had two stops en route to his seventh shutout of the year, as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0, double-overtime draw ... tied his career high with eight saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' OT match at Akron ... made four saves vs. Fort Wayne and five more in the Falcons' win over Northern Illinois ... had two stops in the final regular-season match, at No. 5 Western Michigan.
2016
Was named to the College Soccer News Freshman All-America Second Team ... is believed to be the first player in program history to earn CSN Freshman A-A honors ... named to the All-Ohio First Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... was named to the All-MAC First Team, becoming just the second freshman in school history (and the first in 22 years) to earn all-conference first-team honors ... additionally, was named BGSU Athletics' Male Newcomer of the Year at The Ziggys, the department's end-of-year awards banquet, in April of 2017 ... started 18 of the Falcons' 19 matches in his first season at BGSU ... had 69 saves, a goals-against average of just 0.73 and a save percentage of .831 ... had eight shutouts ... led the MAC in both saves pct. and GAA, ranking among the top-20 in the nation in both categories ... finished MAC regular-season play with a GAA of 0.53 and a saves pct. of .857 in league matches, again leading all conference 'keepers in the latter category and ranking second in GAA ... his eight shutouts were the most by a Falcon 'keeper since 2013, and no Falcon had had more since BGSU Hall-of-Famer Scott Vallow had 10 in 1998 ... played every second of all nine home matches, and had a GAA of 0.51, a saves pct. of .865 and five shutouts at Cochrane Stadium ... was nominated for Men's Soccer HERO of the Week by the HERO Sports web site on Nov. 9 ... made four saves to earn a shutout in his BGSU debut, vs. IUPUI ... had four saves in another home shutout, vs. Marshall ... kept his third clean sheet in four matches with eight saves in a 1-0, double-overtime win at Cleveland State ... stopped all three shots on goal he faced vs. Wright State, helping BG keep possession of the I-75 Cup ... had five saves as BG blanked Ohio State, 2-0, at Cochrane ... made three stops to keep a clean sheet as the Falcons downed nationally-ranked West Virginia on the road in the MAC opener ... had two saves in another conference road shutout win, against Northern Illinois ... was ranked 15th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Conference Top-20 list ... was one of five Falcons ranked in the top 20, after BG had not had a single player ranked on the TDS preseason list ... had four saves to earn his eighth shutout of the season in the Falcons' scoreless, double-OT draw vs. Buffalo at Cochrane.
PRIOR TO BGSU
Played for Castanet in the CFA2 in 2015-16 ... developed in the Toulouse Football Club Academy and was a starter with TFC from the U14 to U19 levels ... also has started games with the club's pro reserve team ... captained the U19 National TFC Team, and also played regularly with the CFA Team in the Fourth Division and trained with the pro team in the French Ligue 1.
PERSONAL
Anthony Jordan Mwembia was born on April 12, 1996, in Toulouse, France ... son of Kabeya Mwembia and Marthe Bilo'o Messi ... has two older sisters ... majoring in insurance and risk management at BGSU ... a member of the BGSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2017-18.
MWEMBIA'S CAREER STATS
| Season | GP-GS | Minutes | GA | GAA | Saves | Save% | W | L | T | Sho |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18-18 | 1731:41 | 14 | 0.73 | 69 | .831 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 17-17 | 1561:31 | 18 | 1.04 | 64 | .780 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 17-17 | 1628:24 | 25 | 1.38 | 52 | .675 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 21-21 | 1845:52 | 17 | 0.83 | 63 | .788 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 73-73 | 6767:28 | 74 | 0.98 | 248 | .770 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 30 |
| SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: Points: 1, at Notre Dame -- Sep 19, 2017 Assists: 1, at Notre Dame -- Sep 19, 2017 Shots: 1, Northern Kentucky -- Aug 25, 2018 Saves: 10, Akron -- Oct 06, 2018 |
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