Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Maghoma [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 8 November 1997||
Place of birth | Lubumbashi, DR Congo | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aldershot Town | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Arka Gdynia | 35 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Gillingham | 4 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Eastleigh (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Eastleigh | 25 | (1) |
2023– | Aldershot Town | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
2017 | DR Congo | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 5 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2017 |
Christian Maghoma (born 8 November 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for National League club Aldershot Town.
Maghoma signed for Tottenham Hotspur in July 2014. He went on loan in 2015 to Yeovil Town of EFL League Two but did not make any competitive appearances. [3] He was released from his contract at the end of the 2017–18 season. [4]
On 18 June 2018 Maghoma was signed by Polish club Arka Gdynia on a three-year deal. [5] Maghoma made his debut for the club coming in the 60th minute in the 2018 Polish Super Cup where Arka Gdynia beat Legia Warsaw 3–2. [6]
On 26 August 2020, Maghoma signed for Gillingham on a permanent contract. [7] On 20 August 2021, Maghoma joined National League side Eastleigh on loan until January 2022. [8] Following relegation to League Two, Maghoma was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [9]
On 16 June 2022, Maghoma was announced to be returning to Eastleigh on a permanent basis upon the expiration of his contract with Gillingham. [10]
On 21 July 2023, Maghoma agreed to join fellow National League club, Aldershot Town. [11]
Maghoma made one appearance for the England national under-16 football team in a victory over Northern Ireland U16s for the 2012 Victory Shield on 27 September 2012. [12]
Maghoma was called up to the DR Congo national football team in May 2017. [13] Maghoma made his debut for DR Congo in a 2–0 friendly win over Botswana on 5 June 2017. [14] [15]
Maghoma was born in Lubumbashi, DR Congo and brought up in London, where he attended Finchley Catholic High School in North Finchley. [16] Christian is the younger brother of the footballer Jacques Maghoma [17] who came through the ranks of Tottenham Hotspur academy, and is the older brother of Paris Maghoma who plays for Brentford. [18]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2015–16 [19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016–17 [20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18 [21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur U23 | 2017–18 [21] | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2015–16 [19] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arka Gdynia | 2018–19 [22] | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2019–20 [22] | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Total | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
Gillingham | 2020–21 [23] | League One | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2021–22 [24] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Eastleigh (loan) | 2021–22 [24] [22] | National League | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
Eastleigh | 2022–23 [22] | National League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Aldershot Town | 2023–24 [22] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 81 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 104 | 3 |
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