Bienvenue Kanakimana
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bienvenue Kanakimana | ||
Date of birth | 28 December 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Bujumbura, Burundi | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | MFK Vyškov | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Aigle Noir FC | (23) | |
2019– | MFK Vyškov | 49 | (21) |
2019 | → Atlanta United 2 (loan) | 16 | (7) |
2020 | → Pinzgau Saalfelden (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020 | → Xinjiang Tianshan (loan) | 5 | (1) |
International career | |||
Burundi U17 | |||
2019 | Burundi U20 | 3 | (1) |
2018– | Burundi U23 | 4 | (1) |
2019– | Burundi | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC) |
Bienvenue Kanakimana (born 28 December 1999) is a Burundian footballer who currently plays as a winger for MFK Vyškov.
Club career
Kanakimana spent the 2018 season with Aigle Noir of the Burundi Premier League, finishing as the league's top scorer with 23 goals across all competitions and leading his team to the league title. He was subsequently transferred to MFK Vyškov on 1 January 2019 and was later loaned to Atlanta United 2 on April 12 for the remainder of the season.
On 17 February 2021, Kanakimana permanently joined USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks.[2] On 7 May 2021, Kanakimana and Colorado Springs mutually agreed to terminate his contract at the club due to visa issues.[3]
International career
In September 2019, Kanakimana was called into the Burundi national team for its 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania. He made his senior international debut on September 4, 2019.[4]
References
- ^ Bienvenue Kanakimana at WorldFootball.net
- ^ USLChampionship com Staff (2021-02-17). "Bienvenue! Switchbacks Welcome Kanakimana". USL Championship. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ "Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Roster Updates". www.switchbacksfc.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07.
- ^ FIFA.com
External links
- Bienvenue Kanakimana at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bienvenue Kanakimana at USL Championship
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Burundian men's footballers
- Burundian expatriate men's footballers
- Burundi men's international footballers
- Burundi men's under-20 international footballers
- Burundi men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- MFK Vyškov players
- Atlanta United 2 players
- Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. players
- Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC players
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- China League One players
- USL Championship players
- Footballers from Bujumbura
- Burundian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Burundian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Burundian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Burundian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Czech National Football League players
- Burundian football biography stubs