Kabamba Kalabatama

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2023Kvik 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]

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bjørnevatn 2014 Norwegian Third Division 100010
2015 000000
2016 000000
2017 Norwegian Fourth Division 1151 [a] 1126
2018 Norwegian Third Division20500205
2019 Norwegian Fourth Division852 [a] 3108
Total401534004319
Bjørnevatn 2 2016 Norwegian Fifth Division 1111
2017 6868
2018 4444
2019 3838
Total142100001421
TPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 002 [b] 00020
2021 Ykkönen 303 [b] 060
Total30500080
Moss 2022 Norwegian Second Division 1873 [c] 0216
2023 Norwegian First Division 101 [c] 121
Total1974100238
Moss 2 2022 Norwegian Fourth Division5858
2023 5555
Total101300001013
Kvik Halden 2023 Norwegian Second Division740074
Ullensaker/Kisa 2023 Norwegian Second Division200020
Career total95601250010765
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Norwegian Cup qualifying
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Finnish Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the Norwegian Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kabamba Kalabatama at WorldFootball.net
  2. Kabamba Kalabatama at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 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)