Joel Ngandu Kayamba

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Joel Ngandu Kayamba
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Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atyrau
Number 11
Youth career
Sharks XI
2013 Hlinsko
2013–2014 → Příbram (loan)
2015 → Hradec Králové (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Hlinsko
2015–2017 Pardubice 33 (1)
2017–2018 Opava 32 (11)
2018–2022 Viktoria Plzeň 75 (4)
2018 → Opava (loan) 10 (2)
2022 → Samsunspor (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2024 Boluspor 41 (4)
2024–2025 Atyrau 21 (0)
2025 Abu Salim 1 (0)
2025– Atyrau 3 (0)
International career‡
2020– DR Congo 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2021

Joel Ngandu Kayamba (born 17 April 1992) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakh club Atyrau. [1]

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Club career

Early Czech Republic career

He made his debut in a professional league in Pardubice's Czech National Football League 1–1 draw at České Budějovice on 6 November 2015. He signed for Opava in 2017. [2] In his first season with Opava, he achieved promotion to the top tier of Czech football, Czech First League. [3] He also won a National Football League Player of the Month award in that season. [4] He scored the winning goal in Opava's first Czech First League victory - a 2–0 home win against Jablonec on 1 September 2018. [5]

Viktoria Plzeň

In September 2018, Kayamba signed a contract with FC Viktoria Plzeň for a speculated transfer fee of €800,000. Opava chairman Marek Hájek revealed that this move constituted a record transfer revenue for the club, breaking the previous record that was the sale of Libor Kozák. [6] Kayamba would also stay at Opava on loan until the end of 2018. [7]

International career

He made his debut for DR Congo national football team on 17 November 2020 in a Cup of Nations qualifier game against Angola. He substituted Jordan Botaka in the 80th minute. [8]

Personal life

He moved to the Czech Republic from France in 2013, married a Czech wife and has two children. He speaks four languages fluently: French, English, Czech and Lingala. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Joel Kayamba odchází do tureckého Bolusporu". FC Viktoria Plzeň. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kayamba míří do Opavy. Má i na první ligu, tuší v Pardubicích". iDNES.cz. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Udrží Opava opory pro ligu? Kayambu či Kuzmanoviče láká Olomouc - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hráč měsíce Kayamba: Přezdívku Mireček jsem přijal, díky fanouškům jsem nahoře. Nabídky z ligy odmítl". FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Seznam.cz. "Opava poprvé v sezóně vyhrála" (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Joel Kayamba míří do Plzně, jde o největší přestup Opavy". Opavský a hlučínský deník (in Czech). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mistr hlásí posilu. Do Plzně míří Kayamba, podzim dokončí v Opavě". iDNES.cz. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Angola v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 17 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hráč měsíce Kayamba: Přezdívku Mireček jsem přijal, díky fanouškům jsem nahoře. Nabídky z ligy odmítl". FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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