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Personal information
Full name Bokota Kamana Labama
Date of birth (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Kiyovu Sports
Youth career
1996–2003 AS Vita Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 AS Vita Club 9 (3)
2005-2008 Rayon Sports 42 (18)
2008–2009 APR FC 24 (8)
2010 FC Les Stars
2011 DC Motema Pembe
2011– Rayon Sports
Kiyovu Sports
muhanga fc
FC Mont bleu de bunia
International career
2007– Rwanda [1] 33 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2017

Bokota Kamana Labama (born 6 April 1985 in Kinshasa) is a naturalized Rwandan football player who plays for Rayon Sport.

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Club career

Bokota played formerly for Rayon Sport and Armée Patriotique Rwandaise FC. [2] He won the SMS Media footballer of the year award during his first stint with Rayon. [3]

Bokota received a one-year ban from the Rwandese Association Football Federation in 2009, and he moved to DR Congo to play for local sides FC Les Stars and DC Motema Pembe. In August 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Rayon Sport, beginning a second stint with the Rwandan club. [4]

On 8 August 2012, Amavubi striker Bokota Labama has joined Kiyovu Sports on a one-year deal. [5]

International career

Bokota is currently member of the Rwanda national football team. [6] His country of birth is the Democratic Republic of Congo.

International goals

Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first. [7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2007 Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1–04–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.9 December 2007 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2–12–1 2007 CECAFA Cup
3.13 December 2007National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 3–09–02007 CECAFA Cup
4.4–0
5.8–0
6.31 May 2008 Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 3–03–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.14 June 2008Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.5 January 2009 Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 3–03–0 2008 CECAFA Cup
9.9 January 2009Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, UgandaFlag of Zanzibar.svg  Zanzibar 1–03–02008 CECAFA Cup
10.5 June 2011 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1–11–3 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.15 November 2011Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 3–03–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.2 December 2011National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 1–05–2 2011 CECAFA Cup
13.10 June 2012Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, RwandaFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 1–11–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

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