Joel Ngandu Kayamba
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 April 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Viktoria Plzeň | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sharks XI | |||
2013 | Hlinsko | ||
2013–2014 | → Příbram (loan) | ||
2015 | → Hradec Králové (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Hlinsko | ||
2015–2017 | Pardubice | 33 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Opava | 32 | (11) |
2018– | Viktoria Plzeň | 53 | (1) |
2018 | → Opava (loan) | 10 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2020– | DR Congo | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2021 |
Joel Ngandu Kayamba (born 17 April 1992) is a Congolese professional football midfielder currently playing for Viktoria Plzeň in the Fortuna Liga.
Club career[]
Early Czech Republic career[]
He made his debut in a professional league in Pardubice's Czech National Football League 1–1 draw at České Budějovice on 6 November 2015. He signed for Opava in 2017.[1] In his first season with Opava, he achieved promotion to the top tier of Czech football, Czech First League.[2] He also won a National Football League Player of the Month award in that season.[3] He scored the winning goal in Opava's first Czech First League victory - a 2–0 home win against Jablonec on 1 September 2018.[4]
Viktoria Plzeň[]
In September 2018, Kayamba signed a contract with FC Viktoria Plzeň for a speculated transfer fee of €800,000. Opava chairman Marek Hájek revealed that this move constituted a record transfer revenue for the club, breaking the previous record that was the sale of Libor Kozák.[5] Kayamba would also stay at Opava on loan until the end of 2018.[6]
International career[]
He made his debut for DR Congo national football team on 17 November 2020 in a Cup of Nations qualifier game against Angola. He substituted Jordan Botaka in the 80th minute.[7]
Personal life[]
He moved to the Czech Republic from France in 2013, married a Czech wife and has two children. He speaks four languages fluently: French, English, Czech and Lingala.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Kayamba míří do Opavy. Má i na první ligu, tuší v Pardubicích". iDNES.cz. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Udrží Opava opory pro ligu? Kayambu či Kuzmanoviče láká Olomouc - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Hráč měsíce Kayamba: Přezdívku Mireček jsem přijal, díky fanouškům jsem nahoře. Nabídky z ligy odmítl". FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Seznam.cz. "Opava poprvé v sezóně vyhrála" (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Joel Kayamba míří do Plzně, jde o největší přestup Opavy". Opavský a hlučínský deník (in Czech). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Mistr hlásí posilu. Do Plzně míří Kayamba, podzim dokončí v Opavě". iDNES.cz. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Angola v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Hráč měsíce Kayamba: Přezdívku Mireček jsem přijal, díky fanouškům jsem nahoře. Nabídky z ligy odmítl". FORTUNA:NÁRODNÍ LIGA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
External links[]
- Joel Ngandu Kayamba – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Joel Ngandu Kayamba at Soccerway
- Joel Ngandu Kayamba profile on the SFC Opava official website
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
- Czech First League players
- SFC Opava players
- Association football midfielders
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Footballers from Kinshasa
- FC Viktoria Plzeň players
- FK Pardubice players
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people