Junior Kabananga

Junior Kabananga
Personal information
Full nameJunior Kabananga Kalonji
Date of birth4 April 1989
Place of birthKinshasa, Zaire
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Cercle Brugge
Number89
Youth career
2001-2005CS Les Aigles Verts
2005-2006FC Okinawa
2006-2007Vita Club
2007-2008FC Ngwena
2008-2009FC MK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Anderlecht5(1)
2011→ Germinal Beerschot (loan)3(0)
2012–2013→ Roeselare (loan)29(5)
2013–Cercle Brugge54(12)
National team
2014–DR Congo[1]3(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:13, 23 December 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Junior Kabananga Kalonji (born 4 April 1989) is a Congolese international footballer who plays for Belgian team Cercle Brugge as a striker.

Club career

Born in Kinshasa, Kabananga made his senior debut for Anderlecht in the 2010-11 season,[2] and moved on loan to Germinal Beerschot in January 2011.[3] On 6 July 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Cercle Brugge.[4]

Anderlecht admitted negligence when transferring the player from Democratic Republic of the Congo after a forged document was used.[5]

International career

He made his international debut for DR Congo in 2014.[6] In December 2014 he was named in the 29-man provisional squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Junior Kabananga at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ (Dutch) Voetbal International
  3. ↑ Kingsley Kobo (17 January 2011). "Anderlecht's Congolese Striker Junior Kabananga On Loan To Germinal Beerschot". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20130706_00649490
  5. ↑ "Anderlecht avoue sa faute" (in French). SoFoot.com. 17 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Junior Kabananga at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad". BBC Sport. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.