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
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Yeovil Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-05 2005-2006 2006-	OGC Nice Grimsby Town Yeovil Town	2 (0) 21 (5) 0 (0)
National team2
2003?-present	Congo DR	6 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 08:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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 went 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 from Grimsby, where he had previously played for Glovers manager Russell Slade. Although Kalala hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he is always referred to by Slade as 'The Frenchman'.

Yeovil Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Mildenhall | 2 Tonkin | 3 Jones | 4 Skiverton | 5 Guyett | 6 Forbes | 7 Terry | 8 Barry | 9 Davies | 10 Gray | 11 Cohen | 12 Brittain | 13 Behcet | 14 Kalala | 15 Sweeney | 16 Lindegaard | 17 Thomas | 18 Webb | 19 McCallum | 20 Alcock | 21 Smeaton | 22 Clarke | 23 Barker | 24 Lynch | 25 Morris | 26 Maher | 27 Welsh | 29 Stewart | 32 Rose | Manager: Slade