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Enoch Banza

Enoch Banza
Banza with HJK in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Bile-Enoch Banza
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
KTP
Youth career
MPS
HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Klubi 04 34 (5)
2017–2021 HJK 11 (0)
2019KPV (loan) 26 (4)
2020RoPS (loan) 16 (2)
2020RoPS II (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2023 Raufoss IL 23 (1)
2021–2023 Raufoss IL 2 5 (0)
2022AC Oulu (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023JäPS (loan) 34 (11)
2024– KTP 13 (5)
International career
2018 Finland U19 4 (0)
2019–2020 Finland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024

Bile-Enoch Banza (born 4 February 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as right winger for Ykkösliiga club KTP.[2]

Early life

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Banza is of Congolese descent. His family had fled the war in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), and moved to Finland: his father in 1991 and his mother and sister in 1995. He also has four brothers who were also born in Finland. Banza received Finnish citizenship in 2018.[3]

Career

Banza started at the age of 5 at Malmin Palloseura (MPS), before he joined HJK Helsinki youth sector at the age of 8.[4] He made his Veikkausliiga debut with HJK first team in 2017 when he was 17 years old, against PS Kemi.[4]

On 7 January 2019, Banza was loaned out to KPV for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season.[4] In June 2020, he was then loaned out to Veikkausliiga club RoPS for the rest of 2020 season.[5]

In April 2021, Banza signed with Norwegian club Raufoss IL.

On 15 April 2022, Banza joined AC Oulu on loan for the 2022 season.[6] On 26 July 2022, Banza was further loaned out to Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) in Finnish second tier Ykkönen.[7] He stayed with JäPS also for the 2023 season.[8]

On 1 March 2024, Banza joined Finnish Ykkösliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) on a permanent contract.[9]

Career statistics

As of 17 August 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2017 Kakkonen 20 5 1 0 21 5
2018 Kakkonen 14 0 14 0
Total 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 5
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2018 Veikkausliiga 5 0 3 1 1[b] 0 9 1
2019 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 Veikkausliiga 0 0 3 0 3 0
2021 Veikkausliiga 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 11 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 20 1
KPV (loan) 2019 Veikkausliiga 26 4 8 4 0 0 34 8
RoPS (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga 16 2 16 2
Raufoss IL 2021 1. divisjon 23 1 3 0 26 1
Raufoss IL 2 2021 3. divisjon 5 0 5 0
AC Oulu (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 9 1 3 1 0 0 12 2
JäPS (loan) 2022 Ykkönen 9 1 9 1
2023 Ykkönen 25 10 1 0 6[c] 5 32 15
Total 34 11 1 0 6 5 0 0 41 16
KTP 2024 Ykkösliiga 13 5 1 0 0 0 14 5
Career total 171 29 25 6 6 5 1 0 203 40
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Includes Ykköscup

Honours

HJK

KTP

Individual

References