Musampa, Kiki

Kizito was born on July 20, 1977 in the capital of Zaire - Kinshasa . His father, Rafael Musampa, was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in the Republic of Congo. In the early 80s, the entire Musampa family immigrated as refugees to the Netherlands .

Club

Kiki Musampa is a pupil of the football academy of the Netherlands “ Ajax ” from Amsterdam . Musampa made his debut in the club’s main team on February 12, 1995 in a match against Feyenoord , replacing Patrick Kluivert in the 79th minute of the match, which ended in a major victory for Ajax with a score of 4: 1. In Ajax, Musampa did not become a player of the main squad, for three seasons Kiki spent 42 matches in the Netherlands and scored 6 goals. In 1997, Musampa moved to the French Bordeaux . Kiki's debut for Bordeaux took place on August 9, 1997 in the match of the second round of the French championship against the Nice club, Musampa replaced instead of Ricardinho in the 65th minute, by this time his team was losing 2-1, the final score was match recorded the victory of “Nice” with a score of 4: 1. ^[1] Musampa scored his first goal for Bordeaux on August 16, 1997 in the match against Rennes , Kiki scored in the 51st minute, and ten minutes later was replaced by Sylvain Viltor , thanks to Musampa's scored goal, Bordeaux was able to draw 2 : 2. ^[2] In total , Musampa played 16 matches in the 1997/98 French Championship and scored 4 goals, and his club ranked fifth in the championship following the season.

In the 1998/99 season, Musampa also did not get too much playing time, having played 17 matches in the championship and scored 1 goal, according to the results of that season, Bordeaux became the champion of France. After spending two seasons in France, Kiki went to Spain and signed a contract with Malaga . In Malaga, Musampa spent three seasons, having scored 22 goals in 96 matches during this time and won the Intertoto Cup . In 2003, Musampa signed a five-year contract with the club Atletico Madrid , Kiki had to replace Luis Garcia, who had left for Barcelona . Musampa's debut as a member of Atlético took place on August 31, 2003 in the match of the first round of the championship of Spain against Sevilla , Kiki spent 59 minutes on the field, after which he was replaced by Ariel Ibagasa , the match ended with the victory of Sevilla thanks to the only goal scored by Julio Baptista in the 29th minute of the match. In total, in the championship of Spain 2003/04 Musampa spent 29 matches and scored 4 goals. After eight matches in the 2004/05 season in Spain, Musampa was leased to the English Manchester City in January 2005.

Musampa's debut in the English Premier League took place on February 2, 2005 in the match of the 25th round of the championship of England against Newcastle United , Kiki won the whole match, and his team tied 1: 1. ^[3] Musampa scored his first goal for Manchester City on April 9, 2005 in the match of the 32nd round of the championship of England against Liverpool . Musampa's goal, scored in the 90th minute of the match, helped the “townspeople” to win 1-0. . In general, Kiki successfully spent the second part of the championship, having played 14 matches and scoring 3 goals in the 2004/05 season . After the season ended, the Manchester City management wanted to buy the rights to the football player from Atletico Madrid, but the clubs could not agree on the amount of the transaction. In June 2005, City extended the rental of Musampa for another season. After spending the 2005/06 season at City, Kiki returned to Atlético Madrid, and then as a free player in August 2006 joined the Turkish Trabzonspor , signing a three-year contract with the club. ^[4] Musampa’s career did not work out in the Turkish championship , and he was forced to terminate the contract with the club. Kiki then went through the viewing in the English Sunderland ^{[5] [6]} , but ultimately the contract was not signed ^[7] . In November 2007, Musampa returned to the Netherlands and became a player of the AZ club from the city of Alkmaar . ^[10] After 10 years, Musampa returned to the championship of the Netherlands, his debut for AZ took place on November 24, 2007 in a match against the Willem II club, Kiki replaced in the 86th minute instead of Sebastian Pocognoli , the match ended in victory for AZ with a score of 2 : 0. Kiki spent four more matches for AZ, and then in January 2008, he terminated the contract with the club.

In February 2008, Musampa went to Canada to undergo a viewing at the Toronto American League club ^[9] , but in the end, Kiki signed a contract with the South Korean club Seoul in March 2008. For Seoul, Kiki played three matches in the K-League and four in the League Cup , and then, in June 2008, by mutual agreement, Musampa and the Seoul club terminated the contract.

In October 2008, information appeared that Musampa would become a player in the English club Rexem . ^[10] On March 14, 2009, Musampa signed a contract with the Willem II club from Tilburg . ^[11] Seven days later, on March 14, Musampa made his debut for Willem II in a guest match against the NEC club, Kiki replaced in the 90th minute instead of Ibrahim Kargbo , the match ended in a draw 0: 0. ^[12] On April 12, 2009, Musampa took part in the match against Ajax, his first club in his career. Kiki played the whole match, and his team suffered one of the biggest defeats of the season, the Ajax players scored seven unanswered goals against goalkeeper Mikel Arts . ^[13] In the 2008/09 season, Musampa played six matches in the championship. ^[14]

Netherlands national team

In 1995, Kiki Musampa as part of the youth national team of the Netherlands (under 20) participated in the 1995 World Youth Championship . At the tournament, Kiki played three matches, and his team, taking third place in the group, could not reach the quarterfinals. Since 1997, Musampa has played for the youth team of the Netherlands (under 21) and in 2000 was a participant in the 2000 European Championship . In total, Musampa played 25 matches for the youth team.

• Champion of the Netherlands : 1995/96
• Champion of France : 1998/99
• Intertoto Cup Winner: 2002

• Statistics on the website of Voetbal International (nid.)
• Statistics on the site fussballdaten.de (German)