Baudoin Kanda

Romanian footballer

Baudoin Kanda
Personal information
Full name	Baudoin Tshitungi Dieudonne Kanda
Date of birth	(1993-04-17) 17 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dunărea Călărași
Number	11
Youth career
0000–2012	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Dinamo București B	8	(0)
2012–2021	Dunărea Călărași	117	(26)
2019	→ UTA Arad (loan)	14	(2)
2019–2020	→ Farul Constanța (loan)	21	(3)
2020–2021	→ Concordia Chiajna (loan)	6	(0)
2022	Buzău	5	(0)
2022	Dunărea Călărași	13	(7)
2023	CS Dinamo	7	(3)
2023–	Dunărea Călărași	14	(5)
International career^‡
2008	Romania U-15	1	(0)
2009	Romania U-16	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:28, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Baudoin Tshitungi Dieudonne Kanda (born 17 April 1993) is a Romanian footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Dunărea Călărași.^[1]

Personal life

Kanda is of Congolese descent through his father who is a medical doctor at the Vitan Polyclinic. In 2008 when he was 15 years old, he was called up by coach Florin Cheran at Romania's under-15 national team, making him the first black Romanian footballer that represented the country internationally, regardless the age category.^[2]

Honours

Dunărea Călărași

Liga II: 2017–18
Liga III: 2014–15

References

^ "Bodo Kanda a semnat cu Concordia Chiajna după despărțirea de Farul. Ilfovenii joacă primul amical cu "FC U" Craiova" (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Un atacant de culoare joacă la naţionala U15 a României!" (in Romanian). Prosport. Retrieved 28 July 2018.