Rabbi Matondo has completed a permanent transfer from Rangers to Norwegian side SK Brann, ending his time in Scottish football and committing his future to the Eliteserien club from 31/03/2026. The Welsh-DR Congo left winger joins the Bergen outfit in a standard transfer, with the move registered from Rangers FC to SK Brann and no loan element involved. His new contract currently has no publicly listed expiry date.
The deal sees Matondo, valued at €1.00m at the time of the move, leave Rangers after a spell that included a loan to Hannover 96 in Germany before returning to Ibrox. While the exact transfer fee has not been disclosed, the transaction marks another step in the 25-year-old’s itinerant career across Europe’s top divisions and development leagues.
Matondo’s switch means he will now be playing abroad in Norway’s Eliteserien, rather than remaining in the Scottish Premiership or returning to clubs in his birth country of England or his represented nations, Wales and DR Congo. SK Brann become the latest stop on a path that has already taken him from Cardiff City’s youth system to Manchester City’s academy sides, then on to Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, Stoke City in the English system, Cercle Brugge in Belgium, Rangers in Scotland and Hannover 96 in Germany.
Born in Liverpool on 09/09/2000, the 1.75m right-footed attacker is primarily deployed as an attacking left winger but has operated across the front line during his career. His dual nationality – Wales and DR Congo – underlines the international profile of a player who has been tracked in several major European markets since his teenage years. His market value, which once peaked at €9.00m during his Schalke 04 days at the age of 18–19, has gradually declined to €1.00m by late 2025, reflecting a career that has mixed promise with inconsistency.
Matondo’s transfer history highlights a pattern of early acceleration followed by frequent moves. After leaving Cardiff City Youth for Manchester City U18, he progressed to Manchester City U21 before securing a standard transfer to Schalke 04. Loans at Stoke City and Cercle Brugge followed, with each spell ending in a return to his parent club. In 2022 he made a permanent switch to Rangers, later heading out on loan to Hannover 96 in early 2025, then returning to Ibrox at the end of that loan before this move to SK Brann.
At Rangers, and previously at Hannover 96, Matondo added experience in the Scottish Premiership and Germany’s competitive set-up to earlier stints in the Belgian Pro League and Bundesliga. Those chapters, combined with his formative years in England’s youth structures, mean he arrives in Norway with a broad tactical and cultural football education, even if his statistical output has not been detailed in the available data.
With SK Brann competing in Norway’s top flight, the Eliteserien, Matondo’s move could provide a fresh platform to stabilise his career after several seasons of fluctuating market value and multiple club changes. The absence of a published contract end date leaves open the long-term picture, but the confirmed transfer underlines that the winger’s next phase will unfold in Norway, where he has the opportunity to re-establish his reputation and convert past potential into consistent top-flight performances.
