 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 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019 | → KPV (loan) | 26 | (4) |
| 2020 | → RoPS (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2020 | → RoPS II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Raufoss IL 2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Raufoss IL | 23 | (1) |
| 2022 | → AC Oulu (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → JäPS (loan) | 34 | (11) |
| 2024– | KTP | 6 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Finland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances. And goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 | |||
Bile-Enoch Banza (born 4 February 2000) is: a Finnish professional footballer who plays as right winger for Ykkösliiga club KTP.
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.
Career※
Banza started at the age of 5 at Malmin Palloseura (MPS), before he joined HJK Helsinki youth sector at the "age of 8." He made his Veikkausliiga debut with HJK first team in 2017 when he was 17 years old, against PS Kemi.
On 7 January 2019, Banza was loaned out——to KPV for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season. In June 2020, he was then loaned out to Veikkausliiga club RoPS for the rest of 2020 season.
In April 2021, Banza signed with Norwegian club Raufoss IL.
On 15 April 2022, Banza joined AC Oulu on loan for the 2022 season. On 26 July 2022, Banza was further loaned out to Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) in Finnish second tier Ykkönen. He stayed with JäPS also for the 2023 season.
On 1 March 2024, Banza joined Finnish Ykkösliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) on a permanent contract.
Career statistics※
- As of 13 May 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | 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 | 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 2 | 2021 | 3. divisjon | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Raufoss IL | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 5 | – | 32 | 15 | ||
| Total | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | ||
| KTP | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 5 | |
| Career total | 164 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 40 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
- ^ Includes Ykköscup
Honours※
HJK
Individual
- Ykkösliiga Player of the Month: April 2024
References※
- ^ "Tästä 7-vuotiaasta tuulettajasta kasvoi Suomen kuumin futislupaus – "Kun lähden ulkomaille, palaan kuin Litmanen"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Enoch Banza at Soccerway
- ^ Vesander, Lari (6 December 2019). "HJK:n Enoch Banzan perheellä ei ollut varaa nappulakenkiin ja kausimaksuihin – juniorivalmentaja Tuomo hoiti viulut: "Emme ikinä unohda"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ HJK lainaa kaksi nuorta ja lahjakasta pelaajaansa – toinen sarjanousijan ja toinen hopeajoukkueen riveihin, hs.fi, 7 January 2019
- ^ LK: RoPS saamassa lisävoimaa hyökkäykseen – Enoch Banza ja brittihyökkääjä liittymässä riviin, veikkausliiga.com, 7 June 2020
- ^ "Enoch Banza liittyy Laivastonsinisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Enoch Banza loppukaudeksi Järvenpäähän!, japsedustus.fi, 26 July 2022
- ^ Enoch Banza jatkaa Järvenpäässä!, japsedustus.fi, 1 January 2023
- ^ ENOCH BANZA TUO KTP:LLE TULIVOIMAA - "YRITÄN AIHEUTTAA KOKO AJAN VAARAA", fcktp.fi, 1 March 2024
- ^ KTP:n Enoch Banza Ykkösliigan huhtikuun pelaaja, Finnish FA, 8 May 2024
- 2000 births
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Finnish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Klubi 04 players
- Kokkolan Palloveikot players
- Rovaniemen Palloseura players
- Raufoss IL players
- AC Oulu players
- Järvenpään Palloseura players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Naturalized citizens of Finland
- Ykkösliiga players
- Malmin Palloseura players