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| Date of birth | 26 June 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 June 2024 (aged 49) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | AS Vita Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Gençlerbirliği | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Jeonnam Dragons | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | AS Vita Club | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | CS Sfaxien | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | VfL Wolfsburg | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | MSV Duisburg | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | CS Sfaxien | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Olympique Béja | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | DR Congo | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jean-Kasongo Banza (26 June 1974 – 7 June 2024) was a DR Congo professional footballer[1] who played as a forward in DR Congo for AS Vita Club, in Turkey for Gençlerbirliği, in South Korea for Chunnam Dragons and Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (currently Seongnam FC), in Tunisia for CS Sfaxien and Olympique Béja, and in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg and MSV Duisburg. At international level, he represented the DR Congo national team.
Banza died in Kinshasa on 7 June 2024, at the age of 49.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Banza goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 27 February 1998 | Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |  Burkina Faso |
2–4 | 4–4 (4–1 p) | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours
[edit]DR Congo
- African Cup of Nations: 3rd place, 1998[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Banza, Jean-Kasongo" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ↑ Nsapu, Dido (8 June 2024). "Foot: death in Kinshasa of the former Congolese international, Jean Kasongo Banza, also known as "Korando"". Digital Congo. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Jean-Kasongo Banza". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "African Cup of Nations 1998-DR Squad". Retrieved 31 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Jean-Kasongo Banza at WorldFootball.net
- Jean-Kasongo Banza at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Jean-Kasongo Banza – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)
- Jean-Kasongo Banza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jean-Kasongo Banza – FIFA competition record (archived)
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