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Joël Tshibamba

Joël Tshibamba

Dutch-Congolese footballer

Joël Omari Tshibamba (born 22 September 1988) is a Dutch-Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dutch club Achilles '29.

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Club career

NEC

Tshibamba played for NEC's youth team before making his senior debut for the club in a 2007–08 Eredivisie playoff-match against FC Groningen. For the 2009–10 season, he was sent on loan at the affiliate club FC Oss.

On 1 December 2009, Tshibamba was sent back to NEC, after it had come clear that he had been struggling with disciplinary problems.[1]

Arka Gdynia

On 5 January 2010, Tshibamba was given a free transfer by NEC, and about a month later he signed with Arka Gdynia of the Polish Ekstraklasa.[2] Tshibamba started his Polish adventure well by scoring two times in the first four matches. He helped Arka to win that season against both Cracovia and Wisła Kraków.

Lech Poznań

On 17 July 2010, Tshibamba signed a contract with the current Polish champions, Lech Poznań. He made his debut for Lech Poznań in the club's 1–0 away loss at Sparta Prague in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.[3] In October 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away loss to Manchester City in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.[4]

AEL

On 16 January 2011, he scored his first goal with the Greek side, in a 2–1 home victory against Iraklis.[5] On 15 June, after a good season with Larissa, he signed a 4-year contract.[citation needed] Although he had shown signs of disciplinary misconduct, the fans attributed that to him needing time to adapt to his new city.[citation needed] He scored his first goal in the 2011–12 campaign in an impressive away 3–0 win against Veria F.C.[6] On 18 December 2011, Tshibamba scored a hat-trick against Anagennisi Epanomi in a 5–2 win.[7] He scored two more goals against Anagennisi Giannitswn. On 23 February 2012, he was given on loan to Krylia Sovetov till the end of the season. In September 2012 Tshibamba returned to AEL 1964 FC. In December 2012, he took permission for absence over Christmas but refused to return. He later claimed that he took this decision due to financial issues about his contract.

Henan Jianye

On 25 February 2013, Tshibamba was signed by China League One side Henan Jianye.

FC Vestsjælland

On 13 August 2013 Tshibamba signed a two-year deal with the Danish Superliga side FC Vestsjælland.

AEL

On 15 July 2015, Tshibamba returned and signed a two-year deal with the Greek Football League side AE Larissa FC. Despite that, he never made an official appearance with the club and solve his contract on 24 August 2015.[8]

Botev Plovdiv

After a short trial Tshibamba signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv on 11 September 2015.[9][10] On 18 January 2016 Tshibamba was released from Botev Plovdiv after playing in seven games without scoring any goals.[11]

Koper

In June 2016 he signed for FC Koper in Slovenia.[12] He received a red card in his first official match against Rudar Velenje on 30 July 2016 after just two minutes of playing,[13] and his contract was terminated after the match.

Doğan Türk Birliği

After a short period at Dutch amateur club DVE-Trajanus,[14] Tshibamba joined Cypriot club Doğan Türk Birliği on 23 January 2017.[15]

Warriors FC

Tshibamba signed for S.League side Warriors FC in March 2017, filling the club's final foreign signing slot.[16] He signed for the club after the club scouted him using the online footballing database application, InStat, and invited him to Singapore. Tshibamba signed after being convinced that the club would be challenging for silverwares, something that Tshibamba has not been able to achieve with his past eleven clubs.[17]

He made his debut for the Warriors in a 1–1 draw against Geylang International in match day 2 of the S.League season. Tshibamba almost scored on his debut as his header came off the post in the 35th minute.[18] He got his first goals for the club on 8 April 2017 in a 4–3 win over Garena Young Lions, scoring a brace to help his club claw back from 3–1 down in the last ten minutes.[19]

He was released at the mid-season transfer window due to poor performances.[20]

VW Hamme

On 16 November 2018, Tshibamba joined Belgian club VW Hamme.[21] After less than two months, he left the club.[22]

Nocerina

On 29 July 2019, it was announced, that Tshibamba had joined Italian Serie D club A.S.D. Nocerina 1910.[23] In September 2019, during an away game against AC Nardò, Tshibamba became the target of racist chants by supporters of the home club. Nardò received an official warning and a fine of €1000 from the Italian Football Federation.[24]

After having played four games, the club announced on 18 October 2019, that the players' contract had been terminated for disciplinary reasons.[25]

References

  1. [1]
    FC Oss stuurt Tshibamba per direct terug naar NEC (Dutch)
  2. [2]
    NEC geeft Tshibamba en El Kabir transfervrije status
  3. [3]
    "Sparta Praha 1–0 Lech Poznan". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Man City 3–1 Lech Poznan". BBC Sport. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Larissa vs. Iraklis 2 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Veria vs. Larissa 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Larissa vs. Anagennisi Epanomis 5 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Λήξη συνεργασίας με Τζόελ Τσιμπάμπα (Greek)". www.aelfc.gr. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. [9]
    Ботев картотекира трите нови попълнения, Кифуети и Старокин на линия за Литекс
  10. [10]
    Ботев реализира двоен трансфер в атака, Кифуети и Чибамба вече са част от отбора
  11. [11]
    "Ботев се раздели с Жоел Чибамба". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  12. [12]
    "FC Luka Koper se pripravlja na novo sezono" [FC Luka Koper is preparing for the new season] (in Slovenian). FC Koper official website. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  13. [13]
    "Rudar 2–0 Koper" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga official website. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  14. [14]
    Sv Nijmegen - Naast dat ons Dames 1 team het zeer goed ..., facebook.com, 19 September 2016
  15. [15]
    Doğan Hollandali oyuncuyla imzaladi, sporyeni.com, 23 January 2017
  16. [16]
    "S.League Transfer Round-Up: Warriors' waiting on approval, Young Lions pounce on Ikhsan Fandi". FourFourTwo. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  17. [17]
    "Joel Tshibamba: The Dutch-Congo Warrior in pursuit of silverware". FourFourTwo. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  18. [18]
    "Coto nets first Geylang goal, rescues point against Warriors". TODAYonline. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  19. [19]
    "TSHIBAMBA ON THE DOUBLE AS WARRIORS EDGE YOUNG LIONS". www.sleague.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  20. [20]
    "Joel released". 22 June 2017.
  21. [21]
    GROTE AMBITIES? PLOEG UIT TWEEDE AMATEUR HAALT SPITS DIE NOG SCOORDE TEGEN MAN CITY, voetbalflitsen.be, 16 November 2018
  22. [22]
    @LagereReeksen (10 January 2019). "Bij @VWHamme heeft men de overeenkomst met Joël Tshibamba (@JoelOmariTshiba) laten ontbinden. De aanvaller was nog…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. [23]
    Nocerina, colpo in attacco: arriva l’ex Lech Poznan Joel Tshibamba, risorgimentonocerino.it, 29 July 2019
  24. [24]
    NARDO': multato il club per razzismo verso Tshibamba, tuttonocerina.com, 26 September 2019
  25. [25]
    Clamoroso! Nocerina, rescisso il contratto di Tshibamba per questo motivo, foggiacalciomania.com, 18 October 2019
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