Jean-Kasongo Banza | |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1974 |
Birth Place: | Kinshasa, Zaire |
Death Place: | Kinshasa, DR Congo |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1995–1996 |
Clubs1: | AS Vita Club |
Years2: | 1996–1997 |
Clubs2: | Gençlerbirliği |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1997 |
Clubs3: | Jeonnam Dragons |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1997 |
Clubs4: | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1998 |
Clubs5: | AS Vita Club |
Years6: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs6: | CS Sfaxien |
Years7: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs7: | VfL Wolfsburg |
Caps7: | 11 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs8: | MSV Duisburg |
Caps8: | 7 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs9: | CS Sfaxien |
Years10: | 2002–2003 |
Clubs10: | Olympique Béja |
Nationalyears1: | 1996–2001 |
Nationalteam1: | DR Congo |
Nationalcaps1: | 25 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Jean-Kasongo Banza (26 June 1974 – 7 June 2024) was a DR Congo professional footballer[1] who played as a forward in DR Congo for AS Vita Club, in Turkey for Gençlerbirliği, in South Korea for Chunnam Dragons and Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (currently Seongnam FC), in Tunisia for CS Sfaxien and Olympique Béja, and in Germany for VfL Wolfsburg and MSV Duisburg. At international level, he represented the DR Congo national team.
Banza died in Kinshasa on 7 June 2024, at the age of 49.[2]