Loïc Lumbilla

Loïc Lumbilla
Personal information
Full name	Loïc Lumbilla-Kandja
Date of birth	12 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Saint-Denis, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Paris FC
2004–2006	Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Inter Milan
2006–2007	→ Legnano (loan)
2007–2008	→ Locarno (loan)
2008–2009	Écija Balompié
2009–2010	VfL Wolfsburg II
2010–2011	Al Quwat
2011–2012	Al-Shaab
2013	Hamrun Spartans
2013–2016	Al-Najma SC (Bahrain)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Loïc Lumbilla-Kandja (born 12 May 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Lumbilla started his career at Paris FC. In July 2004, along with Tijani Belaid, he signed for the Inter Milan Youth Sector.^[3]

In the next season he played for Inter's under-20 team in Campionato Nazionale Primavera. He also played numbers of friendlies for the first team.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

In the 2006–07 season, he left on loan to Legnano of Serie C2, where he won the championship.

He then left for FC Locarno of Swiss Challenge League,^[8] where he played nine matches.

In January 2009, he signed a contract with Écija Balompié of Spanish Segunda División B.^[9]

In August 2009, he signed a two-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg, rejoining former teammate Obafemi Martins.^[10]

After few years playing outside Europe, Lumbilla returned to Europe for Maltese club Hamrun Spartans in January 2013.^[11]

Born in France, Lumbilla has Congolese origins.^[3]

^ Inter Profile
^ Loic Lumbilla Kandja - Carriera: Tutto Calciatori
^ ^a ^b "TWO YOUNGSTERS SIGN FOR INTER". inter.it. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "CRUZ GOAL DECIDES SUZZARA FRIENDLY". inter.it. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "INTER BEAT CAGLIARI ON PENALTIES". inter.it. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "INTER BEATEN 4–1 BY TREVISO". inter.it. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "VINOTINTO BEAT INTER 1–0". inter.it. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "New clubs for three academy players". inter.it. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Loic Lumbilla presentado con el Ecija Balompié SAD" (in Spanish). Écija Balompié. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "U23: Zwei Neuzugänge" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 14 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "Lumbilla Kandja comes, scores and conquers for Hamrun". Malta Independent. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2017.