Youssouf Mulumbu has stated getting to represent the Democratic Republic of Congo over France was a "difficult choice" for him.
The 33-year old was born in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa but grew up in the French capital, Paris.
Mulumbu was capped for France at youth level, winning the 2007 Toulon tournament alongside the likes of Loic Remy and Kevin Gameiro who were eventually capped by the senior team.
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He earned his first cap with the DRC a year later and had gone on to make 45 appearances.