Jean-Claude Mabinda
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Mabinda with HIFK in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Claude Anicet Mabinda-Kinzumba | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | JäPS | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| HIFK | |||
| 2016–2018 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Klubi 04 | 33 | (0) |
| 2020 | Jaro | 21 | (0) |
| 2020 | → JBK | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | HIFK | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Gnistan | 54 | (1) |
| 2024 | → PKKU (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | → JäPS (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | JäPS | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Finland U18 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 | |||
Jean-Claude Mabinda (born 22 May 2000) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a right-back for Ykkösliiga club JäPS. Born in Finland, Mabinda also has a Congolese citizenship.
Early life
Mabinda was born in Helsinki, Finland, to a Finnish mother and a Congolese (DRC) father.[1]
Career
Mabinda started in the youth sector of HIFK, before joining HJK Helsinki in 2016. He made a senior debut in 2018 for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in the second tier, Ykkönen. He spent the 2020 season with FF Jaro in Ykkönen, and made his Veikkausliiga debut with his former club HIFK in 2021.[2]
Since 2022, Mabinda played for IF Gnistan in Ykkönen.[3] They went on to win the promotion to Veikkausliiga in the 2023 season, after finishing the season's runners-up. In December 2023, Gnistan announced the extension of Mabinda's contract for the 2024 season.[4] On 27 August 2024, he was loaned out to Ykkösliiga club Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) for the rest of the season. He was named the Ykkösliiga Player of the Month in September 2024. On 1 April 2025, he signed with JäPS on permanent basis.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 1 April 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2018 | Ykkönen | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Jaro | 2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | |
| Jakobstads BK | 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| HIFK | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Gnistan | 2022 | Ykkönen | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 71 | 1 | ||
| PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) | 2024 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| JäPS (loan) | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| JäPS | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 126 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 154 | 1 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Ykköscup, Finnish League Cup and Ykkösliigacup
Honours
Gnistan
Individual
- Ykkösliiga Player of the Month: September 2024[7]
References
- ^ "Jean-Claude Mabinda". Pietarsaaren Sanomat (in Finnish). Hilla Group. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
Jean-Claude Mabindan iloksi Pietarsaaresta löytyy myös mummola. Helsingissä koko ikänsä elänyt ... Isäni on Kongosta
- ^ Jean-Claude Mabinda, hifk.fi
- ^ Jean-Claude Mabinda jatkaa keltapaidassa, gnistan.fi, 1 December 2022
- ^ JEAN-CLAUDE MABINDA JATKAA KELTAPAIDASSA, gnistan.fi, 14 December 2023
- ^ JäPS vahvistui siirtoikkunan viime hetkillä, japsedustus.fi, 1 April 2025
- ^ Jean-Claude Mabinda, Football Association of Finland
- ^ Jean-Claude Mabinda valittu Ykkösliigan syyskuun pelaajaksi, Finnish FA, 5 October 2024
External links
- Jean-Claude Mabinda at Soccerway
- Jean-Claude Mabinda at WorldFootball.net