Personal information | |||
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Full name | Junior Kabananga Kalonji | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | MK Etanchéité | ||
2010–2013 | Anderlecht | 5 | (1) |
2011 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Roeselare (loan) | 29 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Cercle Brugge | 64 | (13) |
2015–2018 | Astana | 57 | (29) |
2016 | → Karabükspor (loan) | 7 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Al-Nassr | 6 | (4) |
2018–2019 | → Astana (loan) | 20 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Qatar SC | 5 | (1) |
2020 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Suzhou Dongwu | 22 | (3) |
2022–2023 | Mioveni | 10 | (0) |
2023 | Maktaaral | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2018 | DR Congo | 22 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 |
Junior Kabananga Kalonji (born 4 April 1989) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for the DR Congo national team.
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] In June 2016 he returned from the loan. [8] On 27 July 2017, Kabananga signed a new two-year contract with Astana. [9]
On 1 February 2016, Kabananga joined Kardemir Karabükspor on loan until the end of the 2015–16 Turkish season. [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]
On 10 June 2021, Kabananga joined China League One side Suzhou Dongwu. [13]
In August 2022, Kabananga joined Liga I club Mioveni. [14] He left the club in January 2023. [15]
In February 2023, Kabananga signed a contract with Kazakh club Maktaaral. [16]
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. [17]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Roeselare (loan) | 2012–13 | Belgian Second Division | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||
Cercle Brugge | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 8 | ||||
Total | 64 | 13 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 69 | 15 | ||||
Astana | 2015 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
2016 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | ||
2017 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 23 | ||
Total | 57 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 38 | ||
Kardemir Karabükspor (loan) | 2015–16 | TFF First League | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
Al-Nassr | 2017–18 | Saudi Professional League | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 4 | ||
Astana (loan) | 2018 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
2019 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | ||
Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | ||
Qatar | 2019–20 | Qatar Stars League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2020 | Belarusian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Suzhou Dongwu | 2021 | China League One | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
Mioveni | 2022–23 | Liga I | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Maktaaral | 2023 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
Career total | 232 | 59 | 18 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 297 | 73 |
DR Congo | Year | Apps | Goals |
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2014 | 3 | 1 | |
2015 | 8 | 0 | |
2017 | 9 | 3 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 4 |
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 October 2014 | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 16 January 2017 | Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon | Morocco | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
3. | 20 January 2017 | Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon | Ivory Coast | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
4. | 24 January 2017 | Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon | Togo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
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