Boris Lumbana
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Boris René Lumbana Kapasa | ||
Date of birth | 19 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
BK Forward | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Örebro SK Ungdom | 16 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Örebro SK | 14 | (2) |
2011 | → KA Akureyri (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2015-2016 | Degerfors IF | 27 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2016[1] |
Boris René Lumbana Kapasa (born 19 June 1991) is a Congolese-born Swedish former footballer and an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René.
Sports career
Boris Lumbana is a defender who after spending his youth career at the Örebro-based Swedish football team BK Forward, has played professionally in a number of Swedish football clubs. He played for two seasons in the Swedish lower leagues with Örebro SK Ungdom in 2008 to 2010 and for 4 more seasons 2010 to 2014 for the club Örebro SK in the Swedish professional Allsvenskan league. In 2014, he moved to Degerfors IF in the second division Superettan league.[2]
Music career
Boris René | |
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Birth name | Boris René Lumbana Kapasa |
Born | Kinshasa, Zaire | 19 June 1991
Genres | |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 2013 – Present |
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Boris is also an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René.[3] He used to make music with his brothers from his childhood days. He released his first single "Alive" in 2013.[4] He competed in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Put Your Love on Me".[5] He placed tenth in the final.[6]
He will compete in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "Her Kiss".
Personal life
His older brother Christian Lumbana Kapasa, played football in the Swedish lower leagues with Örebro SK Ungdom[7] and Karlslunds IF,[8] retiring in 2010.[9]
Discography
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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SWE [10] | |||||||||
"Alive" | 2013 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
"Put Your Love on Me" | 2016 | 12 [11] |
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"Mon Amour" | — | ||||||||
"Her Kiss" | 2017 | TBA | |||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
- ^ Boris Lumbana – Eliteprospects Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Boris Lumbana". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ ÖSK-spelaren Boris Lumbana satsar på musiken
- ^ Boris René
- ^ "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". Melodifestivalen. SVT. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
- ^ Skytteliga Div 3 Västra Svealand 2006 Slutställning Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ P18/86: Läger i Sundsvall 22–25 januari — svenskfotboll.se
- ^ Hallå där, Boris Lumbana – SvenskaFans.com
- ^ "Boris René discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kinshasa
- Association football defenders
- Örebro SK players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Swedish footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- BK Forward players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish musicians
- Swedish male singers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Swedish expatriates in Iceland
- Swedish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar players
- Expatriate footballers in Iceland
- Swedish football biography stubs