Zola Kiniambi

Zola Kiniambi
Personal information
Full nameKiniambi Zola Aloyi
Date of birth26 June 1970
Place of birthKikwit, Zaire
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder, Winger, Striker
Club information
Current team
Tuen Mun (Technical Director)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1995Vita?(?)
1996Gençlerbirliği3(0)
1997–2000Yanbian Aodong65(12)
1998Tianjin Teda (loan)16(13)
2001–2003Chongqing Lifan73(7)
2005–2006Yanbian FC43(13)
2007Chongqing Lifan15(1)
2008Yanbian FC13(3)
Total225(60)
National team
1996Zaire?(?)
Teams managed
2009–2013Yanbian (Assistant Coach)
2013-Tuen Mun (Technical Director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Zola Kiniambi (born June 26, 1970 in Kikwit) is a former Congolese footballer. He is the only foreign player who played in Chinese football league for more than 10 years.

Club career

Zola Kiniambi move to China in 1997. He joined Jia A club Yanbian Aodong and scored 6 goals in his first season in the Chinese league.

He was loaned to Jia B club Tianjin Teda and scored 13 goals in 16 games in the 1998 season.

Chongqing Lifan sighed Kiniambi in 2001.

At the beginning of season 2005, he returned to Yanbian FC.

After he retired in 2008, he became a coach and interpreter for Yanbian FC.

The Chinese Football Association honored his outstanding 10-year service with a medal.[1]

In the 2013–14 season, Hong Kong First Division League club Tuen Mun appointed Zola as the technical director of the club.

International career

He played in the African Nations Cup 1996 as a midfielder.

Personal life

Zola Kiniambi lives in Yanbian, China and has two children, both at school.

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