Joel Kasubandi
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 May 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Clydebank | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Tower Hearts U19 | ||
2009–2011 | St Mirren | ||
2011–2012 | Greenock Morton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Greenock Morton | 2 | (0) |
2013– | Vale of Clyde | 47 | (30) |
2015– | Clydebank | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:02, 27 Aug 2015 (UTC) |
Joel Kasubandi (born 25 May 1993) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish junior club Clydebank. Having moved to Scotland as a child, he began his professional career with St Mirren before making his senior debut for Greenock Morton in 2012. Moving to junior football, he played for Vale of Clyde before joining Clydebank in 2015.
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Early life
Joel Kasubandi was born in Kinshasa, Zaire, on 25 May 1993. When he was 9 years old, his family moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where he grew up in the Sighthill area of the city.[1] Kasubandi attended Cleveden Secondary School in Kelvindale, Glasgow, followed by Reid Kerr College in Paisley.[2] He played youth football for Celtic, where he became a close friend of teammate Islam Feruz, but was released at the age of 14 because he was considered too small.[1]
Career
After starting his career with Tower Hearts U19s,[3] Kasubandi moved to St Mirren where he player for the U19 squad for the 2010–11 season.[4]
After being released by Saints, he signed for local rivals Greenock Morton, and made his début as a substitute on 14 April 2012. He claimed an assist for the first consolation goal as Morton came back from 4–0 down to narrowly lose by a solitary goal.[5] He was released by Morton in a mass clear-out in May 2012.[6]
In July 2012, Joel joined Second Division side Ayr United on trial - with his first appearance being in a 4–0 win over Champions League qualifiers Motherwell of the SPL.[7] He scored in his first start for Ayr, in a 4–1 defeat by Partick Thistle.[8]
Since leaving Ayr he has also played trial matches for the reserve sides of Preston North End and Dumbarton.[9]
In August 2013, Kasubandi signed for Vale of Clyde.[10] He now plays for Clydebank.[11]
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- Living people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
- Association football forwards
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Kinshasa
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Clydebank F.C. players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Scottish football forward stubs