Kabamba Kalabatama

Kabamba Kalabatama

Personal information
Full name	Kabamba Tumba Kalabatama [1]
Date of birth	(2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Lusaka, Zambia [1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Milsami Orhei
Number	28
Youth career
	Bjørnevatn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Bjørnevatn	40	(15)
2016–2019	Bjørnevatn 2	14	(21)
2020–2021	TPS	3	(0)
2022–2023	Moss	19	(7)
2022–2023	Moss 2	10	(13)
2023	→ Kvik Halden (loan)	7	(4)
2023	Ullensaker/Kisa	13	(5)
2024–2025	Skeid	22	(5)
2025–	Milsami Orhei	10	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025

Kabamba Tumba Kalabatama (born 27 January 2002) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Moldovan Liga club Milsami Orhei. ^[2]

Career

Kalabatama was born in Lusaka, Zambia, to Congolese parents. At the age of 5 his family moved to Norway. He made his senior debut for Bjørnevatn at the age of 12 on 25 June 2014. This resulted in him being banned from senior football until he reached 15, because he was too young. ^[3] In February 2020, he signed for Finnish Veikkausliiga side TPS. ^[4] He returned to Norway in January 2022, signing a two-year contract with Moss. ^[3]

On 3 August 2023, Ullensaker/Kisa announced the signing of Kalabatama. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 October 2022 ^{[6] [7]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bjørnevatn	2014	Norwegian Third Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2017	Norwegian Fourth Division	11	5	1 [a]	1	—		12	6
	2018	Norwegian Third Division	20	5	0	0	—		20	5
	2019	Norwegian Fourth Division	8	5	2 [a]	3	—		10	8
	Total		40	15	3	4	0	0	43	19
Bjørnevatn 2	2016	Norwegian Fifth Division	1	1	—		—		1	1
	2017		6	8	—		—		6	8
	2018		4	4	—		—		4	4
	2019		3	8	—		—		3	8
	Total		14	21	0	0	0	0	14	21
TPS	2020	Veikkausliiga	0	0	2 [b]	0	0	0	2	0
	2021	Ykkönen	3	0	3 [b]	0	—		6	0
	Total		3	0	5	0	0	0	8	0
Moss	2022	Norwegian Second Division	18	7	3 [c]	0	—		21	6
	2023	Norwegian First Division	1	0	1 [c]	1	—		2	1
	Total		19	7	4	1	0	0	23	8
Moss 2	2022	Norwegian Fourth Division	5	8	–		—		5	8
	2023		5	5	–		—		5	5
	Total		10	13	0	0	0	0	10	13
Kvik Halden	2023	Norwegian Second Division	7	4	0	0	—		7	4
Ullensaker/Kisa	2023	Norwegian Second Division	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Career total			95	60	12	5	0	0	107	65

Notes

1. Appearances in Norwegian Cup qualifying
2. Appearances in the Finnish Cup
3. Appearances in the Norwegian Cup

References

1. Kabamba Kalabatama at WorldFootball.net
2. Kabamba Kalabatama at Soccerway
3. Kjøniksen, Helge (26 January 2022). "Familien flyktet fra krigen i Kongo – nå vil "Bamba" bygge karrieren i Moss". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
4. Stormoen, Stein-Erik (20 February 2020). "Fra nivå fem i Norge til proffeventyr i utlandet: – Starten på noe stort". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
5. "Bamba signerer for Ull/Kisa Fotball". ullkisafotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
6. Kabamba Kalabatama at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
7. Kabamba Kalabatama at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)