Video: Fabrice Muamba: football fans 'hope he pulls through' Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder, fell to the ground 41 minutes into Saturday's game against Tottenham Hotspur, at White Hart Lane, which was broadcast live on television. Members of the player's family and his fiancee visited hiom in hospital on Saturday night. Fabrice Muamba, who was born in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo and moved to England when he was 11-years-old.