Daniel Kinumbe (born March 15, 1999) is a

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professional

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player who plays as a left-back for

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Early life

Kinumbe borned in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

to parents from

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and moved with his family in young age to

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Club career

Montreal Impact

Kinumbe signed with Montreal Impact affiliate Ottawa Fury on August 6, 2018. He made his professional debut four days later against

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in a 2–0 defeat for the Fury. After the 2018 season, the Fury would announce that Kinumbe would not return to the team for the 2019 season. On November 16, 2018, Kinumbe sign a home grown contract with the Montreal Impact. On February 13, 2019, Ottawa Fury FC announced that Kinumbe would be returning on loan for the 2019 season. Kinumbe would have his option for the 2020 season declined by the Impact, ending his time with the club after two seasons.

HFX Wanderers

On January 15, 2020, Kinumbe signed a multi-year deal with Canadian Premier League side

International career

Born in Israel and raised in Canada, Kinumbe is of Congolese descent and was called to a DR Congo U-20 football camp in March 2018. In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of ...

. In May 2018 Kinumbe was called up to the Canadian under-21 team for the

2018 Toulon Tournament The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 46th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 26 May to 9 June 2018. Engl ...

. He played in all four of Canada's matches at the event. On October 24, 2018, Kinumbe was named to the Canadian U20 squad for the

2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florida, ...

. Kinumbe was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the

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on February 26, 2020.

Honours

;Montreal Impact *

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HFX Wanderers * Canadian Premier League **Runners-up:

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Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinumbe, Daniel 1999 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian men's soccer players Sportspeople from Sherbrooke CF Montréal players Ottawa Fury FC players HFX Wanderers FC players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Black Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Canadian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent