Ayanda Sishuba
Sishuba training with Lens in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Tournai, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hellas Verona | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2014 | Mouscron | ||
2014–2017 | Lille | ||
2017–2018 | Mouscron | ||
2018–2023 | Lens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Lens B | 36 | (12) |
2023–2024 | Lens | 7 | (0) |
2024– | Hellas Verona | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Belgium U17 | 2 | (0) |
2023 | Belgium U18 | 3 | (2) |
2023– | Belgium U19 | 10 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Ayanda Sishuba (born 2 February 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona.[1]
Club career
Born in Tournai, Belgium, Sishuba first played for Excelsior Mouscron—where his father Asanda Sishuba then was a professional footballer—from the age of four, before moving to France, joining the Lille academy. But after three seasons he signed for their Nord-Pas-de-Calaisiens rivals of RC Lens at the age of 13.[2][3][4]
He signed his first professional contract with the club in December 2021, as he had already become a standout with the under-19, aged only 16.[2]
Ayanda Sishuba began to train regularly with Lens' first team during the 2022–23 season,[5] while having established himself as a leader of the National 3 reserve team.[6]
He was among the young players selected to join the first team during the 2023–24 pre-season,[3] already proving decisive during the friendly against Dunkirk, coming on as a substitute, obtaining two penalties, scoring a goal and delivering an assist.[4]
On 31 August 2024, Sishuba signed with Hellas Verona in Italy.[7]
International career
Sishuba is a youth international for Belgium, having played three games with the under-18 for two goals by the summer 2023.[3][4]
Personal life
Sishuba is the son of the South African footballer Asanda Sishuba.[2]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 19 May 2024
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lens B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 18 | 9 | — | — | 18 | 9 | |||
2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
Total | 31 | 10 | — | — | 31 | 10 | ||||
Lens | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Career total | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 10 |
References
- ^ Ayanda Sishuba at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "RC Lens : qui est Ayanda Sishuba, nouveau contrat pro du club ?". L'Avenir de l'Artois (in French). Nord Littoral [fr]. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Tanzi, Loïc; Delom, Hugo; Bourlon, Antoine; Richard, Roland (22 June 2023). "" L'avenir leur appartient ", le podcast, épisode 3 : Ayanda Sishuba, le Belge qui monte". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Malice, Florent (8 July 2023). "Retenez bien son nom : un jeune belge épate en présaison avec le Racing Lens". Walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "RC Lens: Ayanda Sishuba, le "mini Openda" en couveuse". La Voix du Nord (in French). 21 April 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Melilli, Giordano (26 April 2023). "RC Lens : Ayanda Sishuba, " La finalité, c'est de jouer à Bollaert en pro "". L'Avenir de l'Artois (in French). Nord Littoral. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "A new midfielder for Verona: welcome Ayanda!". Hellas Verona. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
External links
- Ayanda Sishuba at Soccerway
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