Elias Kachunga

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Elias Kachunga
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Kachunga with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2010
Personal information
Full name Elias Kachunga [1]
Date of birth (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Haan, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cambridge United
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 47 (13)
2010–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 (0)
2012 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 17 (10)
2012 → Hertha BSC II (loan) 4 (3)
2012 → Hertha BSC (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2013 → SC Paderborn (loan) 13 (3)
2013–2015 SC Paderborn 65 (12)
2015–2017 FC Ingolstadt 04 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 42 (12)
2017–2020 Huddersfield Town 75 (4)
2020–2021 Sheffield Wednesday 27 (0)
2021–2023 Bolton Wanderers 70 (2)
2023– Cambridge United 57 (10)
International career‡
2008–2009 Germany U17 8 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U18 7 (2)
2010–2011 Germany U19 7 (3)
2011–2012 Germany U20 3 (0)
2014 Germany U21 2 (0)
2017 DR Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2017

Elias Kachunga (born 22 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Cambridge United. Born in Germany, Kachunga represents the DR Congo national team.

Contents

Early and personal life

Born in Haan, Germany, [2] Kachunga has a Congolese father and a German mother. [3]

Club career

Kachunga spent his early career in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Osnabrück, Hertha BSC and SC Paderborn. [2] [4] Following Paderborn's relegation, he moved to FC Ingolstadt 04 in June 2015. [5] He was the club's record signing, at a transfer fee of €1.7 million. [3] He signed a season-long loan deal with an option to buy at the end with English Championship club Huddersfield Town in June 2016. [6] He made his debut for them on 6 August 2016, scoring the first goal in a 2–1 win over Brentford. [7] On 22 March 2017, Huddersfield paid Ingolstadt £1.1 million to turn Kachunga's loan deal into a permanent transfer. [8]

In December 2017 he was ruled-out for three months due to injury. [9]

He was released by Huddersfield at the end of the 2019–20 season. [10]

On 2 September 2020, he was signed by Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer. [11] [12] He made his debut coming off the bench against Cardiff City on the opening day of the season. [13] He scored his first goal for Wednesday in a 2-0 EFL Cup win against Rochdale on 15 September 2020. [14]

On 20 May 2021, it was announced that he would leave Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. [15]

On 6 August 2021, he signed for Bolton Wanderers. [16] [17] He made his debut a day later as a late substitute against Milton Keynes Dons and provided an assist for Alex Baptiste in the 95th minute, rescuing a point for Bolton in a 3–3 draw. [18] His first Bolton goal came on 7 November in a 2–2 draw against Stockport County in the FA Cup. [19] On 2 April, he started in the 2023 EFL Trophy Final. He scored the third goal, with the Final against Plymouth Argyle eventually ending with a 4–0 Bolton win. [20] On 23 May the club confirmed that Kachunga would be leaving at the end of his contract in June. [21]

On 1 August 2023 he signed for Cambridge United. [22]

International career

Kachunga has represented Germany at all youth age levels from under-17 through to under-21. [23]

He debuted for the senior DR Congo national team in a friendly 2–1 loss to Kenya on 26 March 2017. [24] [25]

Career statistics

As of match played on 4 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2009–10 [2] Regionalliga West 40———40
2010–11 [2] Regionalliga West241———241
2011–12 [2] Regionalliga West1812———1812
Total47130000004713
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–11 [2] Bundesliga 2000——20
2011–12 [2] Bundesliga0000——00
2012–13 [2] Bundesliga0000——00
Total2000000020
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2011–12 [2] 3. Liga 171000——1710
Hertha BSC II (loan) 2012–13 [2] Regionalliga Nordost 43———43
Hertha BSC (loan) 2012–13 [2] 2. Bundesliga 2010——30
SC Paderborn (loan) 2012–13 [2] 2. Bundesliga13300——133
SC Paderborn 2013–14 [2] 2. Bundesliga33620——356
2014–15 [2] Bundesliga32600——326
Total65122000006712
FC Ingolstadt 04 2015–16 [2] Bundesliga10000——100
2016–17 [2] Bundesliga0000——00
Total100000000100
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2016–17 [26] Championship 421220113 [a] 04813
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 [27] Premier League 1910020—221
2018–19 [28] Premier League2001010—220
2019–20 [29] Championship3630010—373
Total754104000814
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21 [13] Championship2700021—291
Bolton Wanderers 2021–22 [30] League One 32222205 [b] 0414
2022–23 [31] League One38010219 [c] 3504
Total7023241143918
Cambridge United 2023–24 [32] League One365111010396
2024–25 [33] League One215201010255
Total57103120206411
Career total431691239319347479
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Championship play-offs.
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  3. ↑ Seven appearances in the EFL Trophy, two appearances in the League One play-offs

Honours

Huddersfield Town
Bolton Wanderers

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References

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  3. 1 2 Thorsten Felske (4 July 2015). "Kachunga (23) ist der Wechsel-König" (in German). Bild. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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  5. ↑ "KACHUNGA NACH INGOLSTADT" (in German). Bundesliga. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Elias Kachunga: Huddersfield sign Ingolstadt striker on loan". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford". 6 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  9. ↑ "Elias Kachunga: Huddersfield striker out with medial ligament injury". 18 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  15. ↑ "Owls confirm 2020/21 retained list". www.swfc.co.uk.
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  18. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Milton Keynes Dons" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  24. ↑ "Kenya v Congo DR". 26 March 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  25. ↑ "Léopards : La RDC chute 2-1 en amical face au Kenya". 26 March 2017.
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  30. ↑ "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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