Christian Luyindama

Christian Luyindama
Personal information
Full name Christian Luyindama Nekadio
Date of birth (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 26
Youth career
2012–2014 DCMP
2014–2015 Sanga Balende
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 TP Mazembe 63 (7)
2017 → Standard Liège (loan) 6 (1)
2017– Standard Liège 29 (4)
National team‡
2017– DR Congo 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2018

Christian Luyindama Nekadio (born 8 January 1994), is a DR Congolese professional footballer, who plays for Belgian club Standard Liège as a defender.[2] Luyindama is a versatile player, who can also play as a defensive midfielder and forward.[3]

Club career

Luyindama begun his career in the Linafoot tournament with DCMP, moving to DCMP as an attacker, and then earning a spot with TP Mazembe with whom he won the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup. On 31 January 2017, Luyindama was loaned to Standard Liège with an option to buy.[4] Luyindama got permanently bought by Standard Liège on 18 May 2017.[5]

On 17th March, 2018 he played as Standard Liege beat Genk 1-0 in extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the UEFA Europa League.[6]

International career

Luyindama made his international debut for the DR Congo national football team in a friendly 2-0 win over Botswana on 5 June 2017.[7][8]

Honours

TP Mazembe

Standard Liège

References

  1. ↑ "Luyindama (Christian Luyindama) - Football - RTBF". RTBF Sport.
  2. ↑ "Christian Luyindama Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.us.
  3. ↑ "L'étonnante polyvalence de Christian Luyindama". 28 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Transfert: Bope, Bolingi et Luyindama (Mazembe) prêtés au Standard de Liège". Radio Okapi. 1 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Options levées pour Jonathan BOLINGI, Merveille BOPE BOKADI et Christian LUYINDAMA". Site officiel du Standard de Liège. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22.
  6. ↑ http://m.live.sporza.be/cm/lmc.mobile/m_mc_voetbal/Beker-van-Belgie-1718/MG_BVB_F/1.3162424#
  7. ↑ "AMICAL RD CONGO vs BOTSWANA (2-0)  : BENIK ET YENI S'OFFRENT LES ZEBRES EN 7 MINUTES - Fédération Congolaise de Football Association - Site Officiel". www.fecofa-rdc.com.
  8. ↑ "Amical – RD Congo 2-0 Botswana: Afobe et Ngbakoto, buteurs". 5 June 2017.
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