Enoch Banza
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 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]
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
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]