Julien Kialunda
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 April 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Matadi, Belgian Congo | ||
Date of death | 14 September 1987 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Position(s) |
Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1960 | Daring Léopoldville | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1965 |
Union Saint-Gilloise | ||
1965–1973 | Anderlecht | 123 | (3) |
1973–1980 | Léopold FC | ||
International career | |||
1972 |
Zaire | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Julien Kialunda (24 April 1940 – 14 September 1987Zaire at the 1972 African Cup of Nations.[3]
Club career
Kialunda played for
RSC Anderlecht and Léopold FC in Belgium.[1]
He was a four time Belgian league champion with Anderlecht.
International career
Kialunda represented Zaire at the 1972 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, where he started in all of his team's five matches as Zaire finished fourth.[3]
Post-career
After his retirement, Kialunda was national coach of the Zaire national team, without much success. He also owned a cafe for a while in the
AIDS
, he decided to return to Belgium to be treated and die there. He died on 14 September the same year.
A charity is founded in his memory, the "Julien Kialunda Foundation", that is engaged in worthy causes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is sponsored by professional players of African origin playing or having grew up in Belgium, like the brothers
Mohammed Tchité and Anthony Vanden Borre.[4]
Honours
Union Saint-Gilloise
Anderlecht
- Belgian Cup: 1971–72, 1972–73
- Belgian League Cup: 1973
- 1969–70
References
- ^ a b "Julien Kialunda". www.voetbal.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-137-35581-2.
- ^ a b "African Nations Cup 1972 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Benoît Delhauteur (30 November 2006). "VdB, Tchité et les frères Mpenza parrains de la fondation Kialunda". www.dhnet.be. Retrieved 3 May 2018.