Djuma Shabani
Congolese footballer
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Djuma Shabani (born 16 March 1993) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Tanzanian Premier League club Namungo S.C. and the DR Congo national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kindu,[2] Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Vita Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 20??–2015 | Bel'Or | ||
| 2015–2017 | FC Renaissance | ||
| 2017– 2021 | Vita Club | ||
| 2021–2023 | Young Africans | ||
| 2024–2025 | Namungo F.C. | ||
| 2025– | AS Vita Club | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | DR Congo | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:41, 9 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
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]
