| Djuma Shabani | |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1993[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kindu, Zaire |
| Height: | 1.74m |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Currentclub: | Young Africans |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Years1: | 20??–2015 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Years3: | 2017– 2021 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018– |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 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 Namungo S.C. and the DR Congo national team.
Shabani was born in 1993 in Kindu, and played football for the Kinshasa-based club Bel'Or before joining FC Renaissance. In July 2015, he was one of five Renaissance players banned for two years by the Congolese Federation for abusing match officials.[2] Three months later, the five were among the beneficiaries of a general amnesty for those sanctioned under its jurisdiction for non-financial offences.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] [6]
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,[7] 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.[8] Shabani was named in the provisional 26-man squad for the competition.[9]