Alain Kaluyituka
Kaluyituka with TP Mazembe in 2011
Personal information
Full name Alain Kaluyituka[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 AS Vita
2007–2011 TP Mazembe
2011–2015 Al Ahli 73 (60)
2012–2013 → Al Kharaitiyat (loan) 17 (8)
2015–2017 Al-Gharafa 15 (5)
2016 → Lekhwiya (loan) 9 (5)
2016–2017 → Muaither SC (loan) 8 (5)
International career‡
2004–2013 Congo DR[2] 30 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 August 2014

Alain Kaluyituka (born 2 January 1987) is a DR Congo professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has represented his country Congo DR 30 times, scoring 9 times. He has also represented his former club TP Mazembe in International football in both CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Club career

Dioko was born in Kinshasa and in 2004 was signed to Linafoot club AS Vita Club for whom he played for 2 years. He would then transfer to TP Mazembe in 2007, where he would immediately find success. He played for the club in the 2007 CAF Champions League in which they reached the final 16 qualification, before being knocked out by FAR Rabat. During the 2008 CAF Champions League he played for the club, but they were knocked out of Group B, finishing third overall.[3] Their ultimate success came during the 2009 CAF Champions League, which Mazembe won. Dioko received the Golden Boot, having scored 8 goals. This meant that for the first time ever TP Mazembe qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. Dioko was part of the squad that participated in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they found limited success, finishing 6th of 7.[4]

He scored the second goal in the semifinal of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup, where TP Mazembe defeated Internacional of Brazil 2-0 to become the first team outside Europe and South America to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final. He was awarded the Silver Ball at the tournament.

In 2011, Dioko signed a three-year deal with Al-Ahly Doha in Qatar,[5] wearing the No.15 jersey that he already had in Mazembe. While finalizing the transfer, a dispute erupted between Mazembe and Al Ahly. FIFA ruled in favour of Al Ahly and declared the player eligible to play in the Qatar Stars League.[6]

In July 2012, Dioko was loaned from relegated Al Ahly to Al Kharaitiyat on a season-long deal.[7] He transferred to Al Gharafa in July 2015.[8]

International career

Dioko has represented DR Congo national football team 10 times, scoring 3 times. All of these matches were during the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.[9]

Career statistics

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Club Career Stats

As of match played 5 July 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup CAF Champions League Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TP Mazembe 2007 Linafoot 2 1 2[a] 2
2008 6 1
2009 10 8 2[b] 0
2010 13 7 3[c] 1
2011 4 3 1[d] 0
Total 45 20 8 3 156 61
Al Ahli SC (Doha) 2011–12 QSL 21 13 2 3 — 1 0 24 16
2013–14 26 22 3 2 — 2 0 31 24
2014–15 26 25 1 0 — — 27 25
Total 73 60 6 5 0 0 3 0 82 65
Al Kharaitiyat SC 2012–13 QSL 17 8 2 1 1 0 2[e] 3 22 12
Al-Gharafa SC 2015–16 15 5 0 0
Al-Duhail SC 2015–16 9 5 3 0 7 3 2 1
Muaither SC 2016–17 8 5 0 0
Career total 122 83 11 6
  1. ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in CAF Super Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in GCC Champions League

International career Stats

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[2]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 July 2004 Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde  Cape Verde 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 9 May 2009 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3. 2–0
4. 7 October 2011 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo  Cameroon 1–0 2–3 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5. 11 November 2011 Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Swaziland  Swaziland 1–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 15 November 2011 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo  Swaziland 2–0 5–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 4–0
8. 29 February 2012 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles  Seychelles 1–0 3–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9. 3–0

Honours

TP Mazembe

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b Dioko Kaluyituka at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Congo DR - D. Kaluyituka - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Club World Cup archive". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Congolese Kaluyituka for Ahli". Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Fifa says Kaluyituka is free to play in Qatar". BBC Sport. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. ^ Dioko move from Al Ahli to Al Kharaitiyat on a loan deal Archived 16 April 2013 at archive.today
  8. ^ "Al Ahli to unveil new Congolese signing Firmin Ndombe Mubele to media". Qatar Stars League. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ^ Dioko Kaluyituka – FIFA competition record (archived)
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