Rabbi Matondo born 9 September is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 , on loan from Scottish Premiership club Rangers , and the Wales national team. Matondo played youth football for Cardiff City and Manchester City. He joined German club Schalke 04 in January , where he made 32 first-team appearances and was sent on loan to Stoke City and Cercle Brugge. He signed for Rangers in July Born in England to parents from the DR Congo , Matondo was eligible to play for either country, as well as Wales, where he grew up.
Having played for the England under team, he later opted to represent Wales and played at under and under levels before making his debut for the senior national team in November Matondo was born in Liverpool , England but moved to south-east Wales as a child. Two of his brothers, Cedrick and Japhet, also played football at youth level. Matondo began his career as a youth player with Cardiff City.
In , he moved to Premier League side Manchester City for a small compensation fee under the Elite Player Performance Plan , an initiative created by the Premier League regarding movement of youth players.
On 9 August , Matondo agreed to join Cercle Brugge on a season-long loan with an option to make the move permanent. On 12 July , Rangers announced the signing of Matondo on a four-year deal, subject to international clearance. Rangers lost , however their first big chance in the game came through Matondo in the 84th minute 3 minutes after he came on , where his pace allowed him to breeze past Joel Matip and nutmeg Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker , but had his shot cleared off the line by Kostas Tsimikas before it could be tapped into the net by Fashion Sakala.
On 30 January , Matondo signed for Hannover 96 on loan from Rangers for the remainder of the season [ 23 ]. In November , Matondo received his first call up for the senior Welsh squad for a friendly against Albania. In May , after travelling back to England from a Welsh national team training camp in Portugal, Matondo was escorted from the plane by police after "behaving disruptively". On 8 October , Matondo started for Wales in a friendly against England.
