Stanis Idumbo has received his first DR Congo call-up. Monaco announced his selection for the AFCON 2027 qualifiers on September 11.

Monaco says he started on the left in all five competitive matches at the beginning of the season, each ending in victory.

He scored the winner in the 2-1 victory over Paris at the Parc des Princes on September 4. Monaco trailed at half-time before Flávio Nazinho equalised. In the 72nd minute, Idumbo finished a move involving Denis Zakaria and Aleksandr Golovin. The club’s match report therefore documents a decisive contribution to the result, rather than merely another appearance in the starting side.

Born in Melun in June 2005, the winger developed in Belgium before moving through Ajax and Sevilla, then joining Monaco in August 2025. His official profile records twelve appearances and one goal in his first season in the Principality. That background puts his increased prominence at the start of the following campaign into perspective.

The former Belgium U21 international joins a Congo selection scheduled to face Equatorial Guinea on September 24 and Zimbabwe on September 28. His next step will be to turn the call-up into playing time. For the Leopards, he offers another candidate on the left, backed by recent club performances.

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