Junior Kabananga

Junior Kabananga
Personal information
Full name Junior Kabananga Kalonji
Date of birth (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Astana
(on loan from Al-Nassr)
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 FC MK Etanchéité
2010–2013 Anderlecht 5 (1)
2011 → Beerschot (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2013 → Roeselare (loan) 29 (5)
2013–2015 Cercle Brugge 64 (13)
2015–2018 Astana 57 (29)
2016 → Karabükspor (loan) 7 (2)
2018– Al-Nassr 6 (4)
2018– → Astana (loan)
National team‡
2014– DR Congo 21 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:58, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:56, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Junior Kabananga Kalonji (born 4 April 1989) is a Congolese international footballer who plays for Astana on loan from Al-Nassr, as a striker.

Club career

Born in Kinshasa, Kabananga began his early career with FC MK Etanchéité.[1] He made his senior debut for Belgian club Anderlecht in the 2010-11 season,[2] although Anderlecht later admitted negligence when transferring the player from Democratic Republic of the Congo after a forged document was used.[3] He moved on loan to Germinal Beerschot in January 2011,[4] and also spent the 2012–13 season on loan at Roeselare.[5] He signed a permanent two-year contract with Cercle Brugge in July 2013.[6]

In June 2015 he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Astana.[7]

On 1 February 2016, Kabananga joined Kardemir Karabükspor on loan until the end of the 2015–16 Turkish season.[8]

In June 2016 he returned from the loan.[9]

On 27 July 2017, Kabananga signed a new two-year contract with Astana.[10]

On 31 January 2018, Kabananga signed a $2 million two-and-a-half-year contract with Al-Nassr.[11] He returned on loan to Astana in September 2018.[12]

International career

Kabananga made his international debut for DR Congo in 2014.[1] In January 2015 he was named in the final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2017[5]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cercle Brugge 2013–14 Belgian Pro League 34532--377
2014–15 30820--328
Total 641352----6915
Astana 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 1352010000255
2016 13523122002710
2017 311900114104323
Total 572943336109538
Kardemir Karabükspor (loan) 2015–16 TFF First League 7200––72
Career total 12844953361017255

International

As of match played 29 January 2017[1]
DR Congo
YearAppsGoals
201431
201580
201743
Total154

International goals

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[1]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 October 2014Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast2–14–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.16 January 2017Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon Morocco1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations
3.20 January 2017Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon Ivory Coast2–12–22017 Africa Cup of Nations
4.24 January 2017Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon Togo1–03–12017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Astana
Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Junior Kabananga". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voebtal International. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Anderlecht avoue sa faute" (in French). So Foot. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Kingsley Kobo (17 January 2011). "Anderlecht's Congolese Striker Junior Kabananga On Loan To Germinal Beerschot". Goal.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 Junior Kabananga at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Junior Kabananga naar Cercle Brugge" (in Dutch). Sport Wereld. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ ""АСТАНА" ПОПОЛНИЛАСЬ ЕЩЕ ОДНИ НОВИЧКОМ" (in Russian). FC Astana. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Junior Kabananga ile Resmi Sözleşme İmzalanmıştır". www.kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr (in Turkish). Kardemir Karabükspor. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Срок аренды Кабананга в "Карабюкспор" подошел к концу". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Патрик Твумаси и Джуниор Кабананга продлили контракты с Астаной". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Kabananga leaves FC Astana, joins Saudi Al-Nassr". www.inform.kz (in Russian).
  12. ↑ http://vesti.kz/kazfutbol/252531/
  13. ↑ "2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  14. ↑ ""Астана" стала чемпионом страны". tengrinews.kz. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  15. ↑ «Астана» — обладатель Кубка Казахстана 2016!
  16. ↑ "Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition". CAF. 6 February 2017.
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