Baudoin Tshitungi Dieudonne Kanda (born 17 April 1993) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

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of Congolese descent who plays as a

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for

Dunărea Călărași Dunărea may refer to: * Dunărea, the Romanian name for the river Danube in Central Europe * Dunărea (river), a tributary of the Danube in Constanța County, Romania * Dunărea, a village in the commune Seimeni, Constanța County, Romania See ...

Personal life

Kanda is of Congolese descent through his father who is a

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at the Vitan Polyclinic. In 2008 when he was 15 years old, he was called up by coach

Florin Cheran Florin Cheran (born 5 April 1947) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Florin Cheran was born on 5 April 1947 in Bucharest but spent his childhood in Râmnicu Vâlcea where he played football at junior level at ...

at Romania's under-15 national team, making him the first black Romanian footballer that represented the country internationally, regardless the age category.

Honours

Dunărea Călărași *

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: 2017–18 *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

: 2014–15

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Dunărea Călărași players FC UTA Arad players FCV Farul Constanța players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Gloria Buzău players {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub