Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala

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Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala
Personal information
Full name Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala
Date of birth March 16, 1982
Place of birth Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Height 5' 10" (1.78m)
Nickname JPKK
Position Midfield
Club information
Current club Yeovil Town
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1999-05
2005-2006
2006-
OGC Nice
Grimsby Town
Yeovil Town
2 (0)
21 (5)
0 (0)
National team**
2003?-present Congo DR 6 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC).
** National team caps and goals correct
as of 08:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC).

Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala (born March 16, 1982 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo) is a football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Yeovil Town in Football League One.

Kamudimba Kalala joined Grimsby Town from the French club OGC Nice on July 1, 2005 and was a regular in the first team, but lost his place in the starting XI after he when to the African Nations Cup.

He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. In 2006 he was again part of the squad that reached the quarter-finals, but did not get on the pitch.

He is most famous for scoring the goal that sent Premiership side Tottenham Hotspur out of the 2005 League Cup.

He joined Yeovil on 22 June 2006 on a free transfer.


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