var playerInfo={"86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1984-3-8","F52748F924D1E675":"74kg","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","078F3C827B475FC4":"18291","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"France","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"Lille OSC","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"172cm","147403B66C8CB5C7":"457","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Lille OSC,Bordeaux,Villarreal","A494ABC507986833":"Rio Mavuba","8084EC95B881D770":"Sparta Praha","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"24","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2017-7-21","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Rio Mavuba","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born at sea 8 March 1984) is a footballer for Lille and France. He was born on board a boat in international waters, during the period of the civil war. Mavuba has stated that his birth certificate does not have a nationality on it; it just reads &quot;born at sea&quot;, however, as he grew up in France he considers himself French . He received French nationality in September 2004.<BR><BR><STRONG>Club career<BR><\/STRONG>Mavuba&#39;s mother died when he was two, and his father when he was just 14 years old. He threw himself into football to help deal with his grief. After breaking through from the reserve team, the youngster made his debut for Bordeaux against Olympique Lyonnais, in January 2004. From that moment on, he would become a mainstay in the team, eventually leading to his international debut with France.<BR><BR>On July 3, 2007, he signed a five-year deal with La Liga side Villarreal CF, who had lost Alessio Tacchinardi, who returned to Juventus after his two-year loan. He found it hard to break into the first team, even though he had some good performances, in January 2008 he joined Lille OSC on loan until the end of the season. Following the season, Lille opted to sign Mavuba permanently and reached an agreement on the transfer with both Villarreal and Mavuba. Mavuba agreed to a four-year deal and the transfer fee is estimated to be 7 million euros.<BR><BR><STRONG>International career<BR><\/STRONG>He made his senior team debut for France on August 18, 2004 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 1&#8211;1 draw. While an Under-21 player, he was asked to play for Congo DR, but he turned it down.<BR><BR>He also won a place in the Under-21 UEFA Championship&#39;s Team of the Tournament in centre midfield with Moroccan Isma&#239;l Aissati.<\/P>","e_index":2};