Djuma Shabani

Congolese footballer

Djuma Shabani
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31)^[1]
Place of birth	Kindu,^[2] Zaire
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Young Africans
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
20??–2015	Bel'Or
2015–2017	FC Renaissance
2017– 2021	Vita Club
2021–	Young Africans
International career^‡
2018–	DR Congo	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:41, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Djuma Shabani (born 16 March 1993) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans and the DR Congo national team.

Club career

Shabani was born in 1993 in Kindu, and played football for the Kinshasa-based club Bel'Or before joining FC Renaissance.^[2] In July 2015, he was one of five Renaissance players banned for two years by the Congolese Federation for abusing match officials.^[3] Three months later, the five were among the beneficiaries of a general amnesty for those sanctioned under its jurisdiction for non-financial offences.^[4] He captained the team in 2016–17 and was described as the "kingpin of the defence", but left at the end of that season for Vita Club.^[5] He helped his new club win the 2017–18 Linafoot title as well as reach the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, in which they lost 4–3 on aggregate to Raja Casablanca.^[6]^[7]

International career

Shabani was called into the DR Congo senior squad for the first time in May 2018, as a late replacement for a friendly against Nigeria,^[8] but did not take the field. He made his senior international debut in March 2019, as a second-half substitute as DR Congo held on to the one-goal lead that confirmed their qualification for that year's Africa Cup of Nations.^[9] Shabani was named in the provisional 26-man squad for the competition.^[10]

References

^ "Player details: Djuma Shabani". Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Djuma Shabani". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "5 joueurs de FC Renaissance suspendus pour deux ans" [5 FC Renaissance players suspended for two years]. Le Congolais (in French). 22 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "La rétrospective de l'année sportive 2015" [Look back at 2015 in sport]. La Nouvelle République (in French). December 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Jésus Moloko Ducapel et Djuma Shabani Wadol rejoignent l'AS V.Club" [Jésus Moloko Ducapel and Djuma Shabani Wadol join AS V.Club]. Eventsrdc.com (in French). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ Zayakene, Yannick (July 2018). "Vodacom Ligue 1: le sacre de V. Club en 5 points" [Vodacom Ligue 1: the coronation of V. Club in 5 points]. Stade.cd (in French). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "AS Vita's gutsy win not enough". Fox Sports Africa. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Mansianga, Fonseca (24 May 2018). "Amical Nigeria–RDC: Djuma Shabani remplace Kanku Bukasa" [Nigeria–DRC friendly: Djuma Shabani replaces Kanku Bukasa]. Foot.cd (in French). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "CAN Egypte 2019: la RDC se qualifie face au Liberia" [CAN Egypt 2019: the DRC qualify against Liberia] (in French). Agence d'Information de l'Afrique Centrale. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (24 May 2019). "Africa Cup of Nations: Giannelli Imbula awaits clearance to play for DR Congo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2019.