Kabamba Tumba Kalabatama (born 27 January 2002) is a Zambian footballer who plays as a forward for Skeid.[2]

Kabamba Kalabatama
Personal information
Full name Kabamba Tumba Kalabatama[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Skeid
Number 9
Youth career
Bjørnevatn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Bjørnevatn 40 (15)
2016–2019 Bjørnevatn 2 14 (21)
2020–2021 TPS 3 (0)
2022–2023 Moss 19 (7)
2022–2023 Moss 2 10 (13)
2023Kvik Halden (loan) 7 (4)
2023 Ullensaker/Kisa 13 (5)
2024– Skeid 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024

Career

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Kalabatama was born in Lusaka, Zambia, to Congolese parents. At the age of 5 his family moved to Norway. He made his senior debut for Bjørnevatn at the age of 12 on 25 June 2014. This resulted in him being banned from senior football until he reached 15, because he was too young.[3] In February 2020, he signed for Finnish Veikkausliiga side TPS.[4] He returned to Norway in January 2022, signing a two-year contract with Moss.[3]

On 3 August 2023, Ullensaker/Kisa announced the signing of Kalabatama.[5]

Career statistics

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As of match played 22 October 2022[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bjørnevatn 2014 Norwegian Third Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
2015 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Norwegian Fourth Division 11 5 1[a] 1 12 6
2018 Norwegian Third Division 20 5 0 0 20 5
2019 Norwegian Fourth Division 8 5 2[a] 3 10 8
Total 40 15 3 4 0 0 43 19
Bjørnevatn 2 2016 Norwegian Fifth Division 1 1 1 1
2017 6 8 6 8
2018 4 4 4 4
2019 3 8 3 8
Total 14 21 0 0 0 0 14 21
TPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 0 0 2[b] 0 0 0 2 0
2021 Ykkönen 3 0 3[b] 0 6 0
Total 3 0 5 0 0 0 8 0
Moss 2022 Norwegian Second Division 18 7 3[c] 0 21 6
2023 Norwegian First Division 1 0 1[c] 1 2 1
Total 19 7 4 1 0 0 23 8
Moss 2 2022 Norwegian Fourth Division 5 8 5 8
2023 5 5 5 5
Total 10 13 0 0 0 0 10 13
Kvik Halden 2023 Norwegian Second Division 7 4 0 0 7 4
Ullensaker/Kisa 2023 Norwegian Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 95 60 12 5 0 0 107 65
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Norwegian Cup qualifying
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the Finnish Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the Norwegian Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kabamba Kalabatama at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Kabamba Kalabatama at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b Kjøniksen, Helge (26 January 2022). "Familien flyktet fra krigen i Kongo – nå vil «Bamba» bygge karrieren i Moss". Moss Avis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ Stormoen, Stein-Erik (20 February 2020). "Fra nivå fem i Norge til proffeventyr i utlandet: – Starten på noe stort". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Bamba signerer for Ull/Kisa Fotball". ullkisafotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ^ Kabamba Kalabatama at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ^ Kabamba Kalabatama at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)