Enoch Banza
 Banza with HJK in 2018. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bile-Enoch Banza | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MPS | |||
| HJK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Klubi 04 | 34 | (5) |
| 2017–2021 | HJK | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | → KPV (loan) | 26 | (4) |
| 2020 | → RoPS (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2020 | → RoPS II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Raufoss IL | 23 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Raufoss IL 2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | → AC Oulu (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → JäPS (loan) | 34 | (11) |
| 2024–2025 | KTP | 16 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Finland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2024 | |||
Bile-Enoch Banza (born 4 February 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as right winger .[2]
Early life
[edit]Born in Helsinki, Finland, Banza is of Congolese descent. His family had fled the war in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), and moved to Finland: his father in 1991 and his mother and sister in 1995. He also has four brothers who were also born in Finland. Banza received Finnish citizenship in 2018.[3]
Career
[edit]Banza started at the age of 5 at Malmin Palloseura (MPS), before he joined HJK Helsinki youth sector at the age of 8.[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut with HJK first team in 2017 when he was 17 years old, against PS Kemi.[4]
On 7 January 2019, Banza was loaned out to KPV for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season.[4] In June 2020, he was then loaned out to Veikkausliiga club RoPS for the rest of 2020 season.[5]
In April 2021, Banza signed with Norwegian club Raufoss IL.
On 15 April 2022, Banza joined AC Oulu on loan for the 2022 season.[6] On 26 July 2022, Banza was further loaned out to Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) in Finnish second tier Ykkönen.[7] He stayed with JäPS also for the 2023 season.[8]
On 1 March 2024, Banza joined Finnish Ykkösliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) on a permanent contract.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 22 July 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2017 | Kakkonen | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||
| HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| KPV (loan) | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 8 | |
| RoPS (loan) | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| Raufoss IL | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| Raufoss IL 2 | 2021 | 3. divisjon | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| AC Oulu (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| JäPS (loan) | 2022 | Ykkönen | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | – | 32 | 15 | ||
| Total | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | ||
| KTP | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 5 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | ||
| Haminan Pallo-Kissat | 2025 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 175 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 41 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit]HJK
KTP
Individual
- Ykkösliiga Player of the Month: April 2024[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Tästä 7-vuotiaasta tuulettajasta kasvoi Suomen kuumin futislupaus – "Kun lähden ulkomaille, palaan kuin Litmanen"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ↑ Enoch Banza at Soccerway
- ↑ Vesander, Lari (6 December 2019). "HJK:n Enoch Banzan perheellä ei ollut varaa nappulakenkiin ja kausimaksuihin – juniorivalmentaja Tuomo hoiti viulut: "Emme ikinä unohda"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- 1 2 3 HJK lainaa kaksi nuorta ja lahjakasta pelaajaansa – toinen sarjanousijan ja toinen hopeajoukkueen riveihin, hs.fi, 7 January 2019
- ↑ LK: RoPS saamassa lisävoimaa hyökkäykseen – Enoch Banza ja brittihyökkääjä liittymässä riviin, veikkausliiga.com, 7 June 2020
- ↑ "Enoch Banza liittyy Laivastonsinisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ↑ Enoch Banza loppukaudeksi Järvenpäähän!, japsedustus.fi, 26 July 2022
- ↑ Enoch Banza jatkaa Järvenpäässä!, japsedustus.fi, 1 January 2023
- ↑ ENOCH BANZA TUO KTP:LLE TULIVOIMAA - "YRITÄN AIHEUTTAA KOKO AJAN VAARAA", fcktp.fi, 1 March 2024
- ↑ KTP varmisti sarjanousun Veikkausliigaan, Yle, 6 October 2024
- ↑ KTP:n Enoch Banza Ykkösliigan huhtikuun pelaaja, Finnish FA, 8 May 2024
- 2000 births
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Finnish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Raufoss IL players
- AC Oulu players
- Järvenpään Palloseura players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Naturalized citizens of Finland
- Ykkösliiga players
- Malmin Palloseura players