Derrick Tshimanga

Derrick Tshimanga
Personal information
Date of birth	6 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Beerschot
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Lokeren
2012–2016	Genk
2016–2017	Willem II
2017–2021	OH Leuven
2021–2023	Beveren
2023–	Beerschot
International career
2009	Belgium U21
2011	Belgium
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024

Derrick Tshimanga (born 6 November 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a left-back for Challenger Pro League club Beerschot.^[1]

Career

Sporting Lokeren

In the 2008/09 season he made his debut in the First Division at Sporting Lokeren in the match against KV Mechelen , he came on after 82 minutes for Killian Overmeire . He eventually played 2 more matches that season. In the 2009/2010 season he scored his first goal at professional level in the match against VC Westerlo . He eventually played at Sporting Lokeren until the beginning of 2012 .

KRC Genk

On 9 January, KRC Genk announced that it had reached an agreement with Sporting Lokeren for the transfer of Tshimanga to Limburg. The national champions paid around 2.5 million euros in transfer fees. One day later, a local newspaper announced that the deal had also been concluded with the player himself and that Tshimanga only had to undergo medical tests. In his first half season with the club, he ultimately played 20 matches. In the following season, he played 28 matches for the club. He made his debut for the club in the match against SV Zulte Waregem. On 9 May 2013, he won his first prize with Genk. The Limburgers won the cup after a 0-2 victory against Cercle Brugge. Tshimanga played the entire final. In June 2016, his contract with Genk expired, after which he left the club on a free transfer.

OH Leuven

After playing one season for Willem II in the Netherlands, Tshimanga signed a contract with Oud-Heverlee Leuven from 14 July 2017 before the start of the 2017/18 season. He helped Leuven to promotion to the top flight in 2019-20, and after a two-year spell at freshly-relegated Beveren, moved to Beerschot in 2023, helping them to promotion in his first season at the club.

Personal life

Katuku is born in Congo and emigrated to Belgium at a young age. He is the older brother of Holly Tshimanga, a youth international for Belgium.^[2]

Honours

Genk

Belgian Cup: 2012–13

OH Leuven

First Division B/Challenger Pro League: 2019-20 promotion

Beerschot

First Division B/Challenger Pro League: 2023-24

References

^ "Anderlecht wil Dries Mertens, Club Brugge aast op Katuku Tshimanga". Zita.be. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ "Ook Holly Tshimanga verlengt zijn contract. | Nieuws | KRC Genk - Landskampioen 1999 - 2002 - 2011". www.krcgenk.be. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.

External links

Derrick Tshimanga at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Derrick Tshimanga at Soccerway

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[1] "Anderlecht wil Dries Mertens, Club Brugge aast op Katuku Tshimanga". Zita.be. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

[2] "Ook Holly Tshimanga verlengt zijn contract. | Nieuws | KRC Genk - Landskampioen 1999 - 2002 - 2011". www.krcgenk.be. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.

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