Zola Kiniambi

Zola Kiniambi
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Personal information
Full name	Kiniambi Zola Aloyi
Date of birth	26 June 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Kikwit, Zaire
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Position(s)	Midfielder, Winger, Striker
Team information
Current team	Tuen Mun (Technical Director)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Vita
1996	Gençlerbirliği
1997–2000	Yanbian Aodong
1998	→ Tianjin Teda (loan)
2001–2003	Chongqing Lifan
2005–2006	Yanbian FC
2007	Chongqing Lifan
2008	Yanbian FC
Total
International career‡
1996	Zaire
Managerial career
2009–2013	Yanbian (Assistant Coach)
2013-	Tuen Mun (Technical Director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Zola Kiniambi (born June 26, 1970 in Kikwit) is a former Congolese footballer. He is the only foreign player who played in Chinese football league for more than 10 years.

Club career

Zola Kiniambi move to China in 1997. He joined Jia A club Yanbian Aodong and scored 6 goals in his first season in the Chinese league.

He was loaned to Jia B club Tianjin Teda and scored 13 goals in 16 games in the 1998 season.

Chongqing Lifan sighed Kiniambi in 2001.

At the beginning of season 2005, he returned to Yanbian FC.

After he retired in 2008, he became a coach and interpreter for Yanbian FC.

The Chinese Football Association honored his outstanding 10-year service with a medal.^[1]

In the 2013–14 season, Hong Kong First Division League club Tuen Mun appointed Zola as the technical director of the club.

He played in the African Nations Cup 1996 as a midfielder.

Zola Kiniambi lives in Yanbian, China and has two children, both at school.^{[citation needed]}