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{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Junior Kabananga
|image          =
|image_size     =
|caption        =
|fullname       = Junior Kabananga Kalonji
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1989|4|4|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]
|height         = {{height|m=1.90}}<ref name = "NFT"/>
|position       = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
|currentclub    = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
|clubnumber     = 30
|youthyears1    = 
|youthclubs1    = 
|years1         = 2009–2010
|clubs1         = [[FC MK Etanchéité]]
|caps1          = 
|goals1         = 
|years2         = 2010–2013
|clubs2         = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|caps2          = 5
|goals2         = 1
|years3         = 2011
|clubs3         = → [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|Germinal Beerschot]] (loan)
|caps3          = 3
|goals3         = 0
|years4         = 2012–2013
|clubs4         = → [[K.S.V. Roeselare|Roeselare]] (loan)
|caps4          = 29
|goals4         = 5
|years5         = 2013–2015
|clubs5         = [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]
|caps5          = 64
|goals5         = 13
|years6         = 2015–
|clubs6         = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
|caps6          = 34
|goals6         = 15
|years7         = 2016
|clubs7         = → [[Kardemir Karabükspor]] (loan)
|caps7          = 7
|goals7         = 2
|nationalyears1 = 2014–
|nationalteam1  = [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]]
|nationalcaps1  = 15
|nationalgoals1 = 4
|club-update    = 13:10, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
|ntupdate       = 23:00, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
}}
'''Junior Kabananga Kalonji''' (born 4 April 1989) is a Congolese international [[association football|footballer]] who plays for Kazakh team [[FC Astana|Astana]], as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]].

==Career==

===Club===
Born in [[Kinshasa]], Kabananga began his early career with [[FC MK Etanchéité]].<ref name = "NFT"/> He made his senior debut for Belgian club [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] in the 2010-11 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/junior-kabananga-kalonji.htm|title=Profile|accessdate=26 August 2015|language=Dutch|publisher=Voebtal International}}</ref> although Anderlecht later admitted negligence when transferring the player from Democratic Republic of the Congo after a forged document was used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sofoot.com/anderlecht-avoue-sa-faute-199171.html|title=Anderlecht avoue sa faute|date=17 April 2015|accessdate=26 August 2015|language=French|publisher=So Foot}}</ref> He moved on loan to [[K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot|Germinal Beerschot]] in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2011/01/17/2309835/anderlechts-congolese-striker-junior-kabananga-on-loan-to|title=Anderlecht's Congolese Striker Junior Kabananga On Loan To Germinal Beerschot|date=17 January 2011|accessdate=26 August 2015|author=Kingsley Kobo|publisher=Goal.com}}</ref> and also spent the 2012–13 season on loan at [[K.S.V. Roeselare|Roeselare]].<ref name = "SW"/> He signed a permanent two-year contract with [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20130706_00649490|title=Junior Kabananga naar Cercle Brugge|date=6 July 2013|accessdate=26 August 2015|language=Dutch|publisher=Sport Wereld}}</ref>

In June 2015 he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] side [[FC Astana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fca.kz/rus/news/4386/|title="АСТАНА" ПОПОЛНИЛАСЬ ЕЩЕ ОДНИ НОВИЧКОМ|date=19 June 2015|accessdate=26 August 2015|language=Russian|publisher=FC Astana}}</ref> He scored five goals in 13 games of the second stage of the championship of Kazakhstan and became the champion of the country with [[FC Astana]].
In the same season he played in the UEFA Champions League in 12 matches for the "Astana", including all six group stage games. But, coming on as a substitute in most games, unable to realize their moments.

On 1 February 2016, Kabananga joined [[Kardemir Karabükspor]] on loan until the end of the [[2015–16 TFF First League|2015–16 Turkish season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Junior Kabananga ile Resmi Sözleşme İmzalanmıştır|url=http://www.kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr/h/kulup/536_junior-kabananga-ile-resmi-sozlesme-imzalanmistir|website=www.kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr|publisher=[[Kardemir Karabükspor]]|accessdate=1 February 2016|language=Turkish|date=1 February 2016}}</ref>

In June 2016 he was returned from the rent <ref>{{cite web|title=Срок аренды Кабананга в "Карабюкспор" подошел к концу|url=http://fca.kz/rus/news/5059/|website=fca.kz|publisher=[[FC Astana]]|accessdate=10 June 2016|language=Russian|date=10 June 2016}}</ref> and at the second stage of the championship helped "Astana" to make a golden double, scoring 5 goals in 12 championship games and three goals in the semi-final and final of the Cup of Kazakhstan. In the qualification of the Champions League and the Europa League group stage he played in all 12 games and scored Belarusian [[BATE]] and Greek "[[Olympiacos]]".

===International===
He made his international debut for [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]] in 2014.<ref name = "NFT"/> In January 2015 he was named in the final squad for the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30627535|title=2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad|date=9 January 2015|accessdate=26 August 2015|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==Honours==
;[[FC Astana|Astana]]
*[[Kazakhstan Premier League]] (2): [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League|2015]] [[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League|2016]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tengrinews.kz/football/astana-stala-chempionom-stranyi-283731/|title=”Астана” стала чемпионом страны|author=|date=|work=tengrinews.kz|accessdate=23 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[2016 Kazakhstan Cup]]<ref>[http://www.sports.kz/news/astana-obladatel-kubka-kazahstana-2016 «Астана»&nbsp;— обладатель Кубка Казахстана 2016!]</ref>

;[[Individual]]
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]]: Top Scorer [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations|2017]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=auMqtAj3SdstqcMlrNnjPQ%3d%3d|title=Bassogog named Total Man of the Competition|publisher=CAF|date=6 February 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|match played 17 March 2017}}<ref name = "SW">{{soccerway|junior-kabananga-kalonji/160018|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]]
|[[2013–14 Belgian Pro League|2013–14]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Belgian Pro League]]
|34||5||3||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||37||7
|-
|[[2014–15 Belgian Pro League|2014–15]]
|30||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!64!!13!!5!!2!!-!!-!!-!!-!!69!!15
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|[[2015 FC Astana season|2015]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|13||5||2||0||12||0||0||0||25||5
|-
|[[2016 FC Astana season|2016]]
|13||5||2||3||12||2||0||0||27||10
|-
|[[2017 FC Astana season|2017]]
|8||5||0||0||0||0||1||0||9||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!15!!4!!3!!24!!2!!1!!0!!63!!20
|-
|valign="center"|[[Kardemir Karabükspor]] (loan)
|[[2015–16 TFF First League|2015–16]]
|[[TFF First League]]
|7||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!105!!30!!9!!5!!24!!2!!1!!0!!139!!37
|}

===International===
{{updated|match played 29 January 2017}}<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=57512|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2014||3||1
|-
|2015||8||0
|-
|2017||4||3
|-
!Total||15||4
|}

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.''<ref name = "NFT"/>

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!Goal!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition
|-
| 1. || 15 October 2014 || [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]], Ivory Coast || {{fb|CIV}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 4–3 || [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group D|2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| 2. || 16 January 2017 || [[Stade d'Oyem]], [[Oyem]], Gabon || {{fb|MAR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–0 || [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C|2017 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| 3. || 20 January 2017 || Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon || {{fb|CIV}} || align=center | '''2'''–1 || align=center | 2–2 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
|-
| 4. || 24 January 2017 || [[Stade de Port-Gentil]], [[Port-Gentil]], Gabon || {{fb|TOG}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 3–1 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Africa Cup of Nations top scorers}}
{{2017 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
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{{DR Congo squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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{{FC Astana squad}}

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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers]]
[[Category:FC MK Etanchéité players]]
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[[Category:Kardemir Karabükspor footballers]]
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[[Category:TFF First League players]]
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[[Category:Association football forwards]]
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[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in Belgium]]
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