Allan Kimbaloula

Allan Kimbaloula
Personal information
Full name Allan-Axel Kimbaloula
Date of birth (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Place of birth Tourcoing, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
CS Blénod
Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Lille OSC B 26 (0)
2013–2015 Nõmme Kalju 67 (16)
2017 Sportul Snagov 3 (1)
2017 Foresta Suceava 7 (0)
National team
2014– Congo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2017

Allan-Axel Kimbaloula (born 1 January 1992) is a Congolese international footballer, who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Kimbaloula joined Lille OSC when he was nine, but left the team in summer 2012 without making a first team appearance. In January 2013 he signed a two-year contract with defending Estonian club Nõmme Kalju,[1] having rejected a contract offer from English Premier League side Norwich City.[2]

International career

Born in France to Cameroonian mother and Congolese father, Kimbaloula was eligible to play for any of these three countries, choosing the latter.[3] On 17 February 2014 he made international debut for Congo in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Namibia.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 September 2015[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nõmme Kalju 2013 Meistriliiga 326306010426
2014 1540010-164
2015 2063240-278
Total 671662110108518
Career total 671662110108518

References

  1. "Manchester City huviorbiidis olnud talent sõlmis lepingu Nõmme Kaljuga" (in Estonian). Postimees.ee. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. "Kalju uus ründetäht lükkas tagasi pakkumise Inglismaa kõrgliigast" (in Estonian). Postimees.ee. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "Kimbaloula convoqué par le Congo" (in French). FranceFootball.fr. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. "Kimbaloula debüüdist: mänguelamus oli fantastiline" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. "A.Kimbaloula". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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