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Silas Katompa Mvumpa has received his first DR Congo call-up 15 months after admitting that he was playing under a false identity.<\/span><\/p>\n Then known as Silas Wamangituka, the forward had been voted as the Bundesliga rookie of the season in 2020-21 after scoring 13 goals in all competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n Mvumpa was in fact born on 6 October 1998, making him a year older than the <\/span>documents he had been using as Wamangituka stated.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n He had claimed he was put under pressure by a former representative and had been “constantly living in fear”.<\/span><\/p>\n Having started all of Stuttgart’s seven matches this season, new DR Congo coach Sebastien Desabre has now named Mvumpa in the Leopards’ 28-man squad to face Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone in Morocco on 23 and 27 September respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n Desabre has also included a number of experienced players like Yoane Wissa of Brentford and Marseille team-mates Chancel Mbemba and Cedric Bakambu.<\/span><\/p>\n Former France youth international Arnaud Lusamba of Alanyaspor is also handed a maiden call-up.<\/span><\/p>\n Injury rules out Gael Kakuta while Marcel Tisserand and Christian Luyindama are also missing from the Morocco trip.<\/span><\/p>\n Domestic-based stars Baggio Siadi, Kinzumbi Philippe, Issaka Boka and Mika Miche have all been drafted in.<\/span><\/p>\n Frenchman Desabre <\/span>took charge of the Leopards in August,<\/span><\/a> five months after the two-time African champions suffered a 2022 World Cup play-off defeat by Morocco, losing 5-2 on aggregate.<\/span><\/p>\n The 46-year-old succeeded Argentine Hector Cuper, who was <\/span>sacked in June<\/span><\/a> after the Leopards lost their first two qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n Desabre has previously managed club sides in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Egypt, and spent 18 months in charge of Uganda – including managing the Cranes at the 2019 Nations Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n