Joël Kimwaki

Joël Kimwaki
	Joël Kimwaki in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Joël Kimwaki Mpela
Date of birth	14 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	FC Renaissance
Senior career*
Years	Team
?–2010	DC Motema Pembe
2010–2019	TP Mazembe
2020–	FC Renaissance
International career‡
2009–	DR Congo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:42, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Joël Kimwaki Mpela (born 14 October 1986) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for FC Renaissance du Congo and the DR Congo national football team as a defender.

Club career

Kimwaki played for TP Mazembe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, where they reached the final losing 3–0 to Inter Milan.^[2]

In November 2019, FC Renaissance du Congo announced the signing of Kimwaki from TP Mazembe one a one-season contract..^[3]

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.^[1]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	31 January 2015	Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Congo	3–2	4–2	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
2.	14 June 2015	Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, DR Congo	Madagascar	2–0	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	29 March 2016	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola	Angola	1–0	2–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

DR Congo

^ ^a ^b "Joël Kimwaki". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ "Inter Milan beat TP Mazembe to take World Club crown". BBC Sport. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
^ "Officiel : Joël Kimwaki s'engage avec Renaissance". Foot RDC (in French). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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