Joël Bacanamwo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Știința Miroslava | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
KVK Tienen | |||
Sint-Truidense | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Tubize | 6 | (0) |
2020– | Știința Miroslava | 13 | (0) |
National team | |||
2019– | Burundi | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2021 |
Joël Bacanamwo (born 23 May 1998) is a Burundian footballer, who plays as a defender for Romanian Liga III side Știința Miroslava.[1] Born in Belgium, Bacanamwo represents the Burundi national football team internationally.
Career[]
Bacanamwo started playing football at the age of 7. At the age of 10, he joined K.V.K. Tienen-Hageland.[2] He later joined Sint-Truidense at the age of 15. In November 2018, he signed his first professional contract with A.F.C. Tubize.[2]
International career[]
Bacanamwo was born in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 May 1998 to Burundian parents who had fled from the outbreak of civil war in Burundi in 1993. He grew up in Brussels until he was 6 years old before his family moved to Landen.[2]
Bacanamwo represented the Burundi national football team in a 1-1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Tanzania on 4 September 2019.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Belgium – J. Bacanamwo – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Coupe du Monde 2022 Qatar : A la découverte des Hirondelles, Joël Bacanamwo, akeza.net, 30 August 2019
- ^ "Burundi vs. Tanzania - 4 September 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
External links[]
- Profile at Flash Score
- Joël Bacanamwo at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brussels
- Belgian people of Burundian descent
- Burundian footballers
- Burundi international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Belgian First Division B players
- A.F.C. Tubize players
- CS Știința Miroslava players
- Burundian expatriate footballers
- Burundian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Belgian footballers
- Belgian football midfielder stubs
- Burundian football biography stubs