Alain Kaluyituka (born 2 January 1987) is a DR Congo professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward. He has represented his country

Congo DR The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

30 times, scoring 9 times. He has also represented his former club

TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...

in International football in both CAF Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Club career

Dioko was born in Kinshasa and in 2004 was signed to Linafoot club AS Vita Club for whom he played for 2 years. He would then transfer to

in 2007, where he would immediately find success. He played for the club in the

2007 CAF Champions League The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3–1 in ...

in which they reached the final 16 qualification, before being knocked out by

FAR Rabat Association sportive des Forces armées royales (, ar, الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR ( ar, نادي الجيش الملكي), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's ...

. During the

2008 CAF Champions League The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in th ...

he played for the club, but they were knocked out of Group B, finishing third overall. Their ultimate success came during the 2009 CAF Champions League, which Mazembe won. Dioko received the Golden Boot, having scored 8 goals. This meant that for the first time ever

qualified for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. Dioko was part of the squad that participated in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they found limited success, finishing 6th of 7. He scored the second goal in the semifinal of the

2010 FIFA Club World Cup The 2010 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2010. It was the seventh FIFA Club World Cup and was ...

, where TP Mazembe defeated

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

of Brazil 2-0 to become the first team outside Europe and South America to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final. He was awarded the Silver Ball at the tournament. In 2011, Dioko signed a three-year deal with

Al-Ahly Doha Al Ahli SC ( ar, النادي الأهلي الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Doha is a Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha. It is most notable for its professional association football section. Their home ground is the Hamad bin Khalif ...

in Qatar, wearing the No.15 jersey that he already had in Mazembe. While finalizing the transfer, a dispute erupted between Mazembe and Al Ahly. FIFA ruled in favour of Al Ahly and declared the player eligible to play in the Qatar Stars League. In July 2012, Dioko was loaned from relegated Al Ahly to

Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat ( ar, الخريطيات, Al Khurayţīyāt) is a town in the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar. Etymology "Kharaitiyat" is the plural form of the Arabic term "khurat", which roughly translates to "map-like". The town received its ...

on a season-long deal. He transferred to

Al Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was estab ...

in July 2015.

International career

Dioko has represented DR Congo national football team 10 times, scoring 3 times. All of these matches were during the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.

Career statistics

Club Career Stats

International career Stats

:''Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.''

Honours

TP Mazembe * Linafoot: 2009 * CAF Champions League: 2009, 2010 *

: Runner's up Individual * FIFA Club World Cup silver ball: 2010 * Qatar Stars League top goalscorer: 2013–14 * Qatar Stars League player of the month: November 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaluyituka, Dioko 1987 births Living people 2011 African Nations Championship players Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Footballers from Kinshasa TP Mazembe players Qatar Stars League players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Al Kharaitiyat SC players Al-Gharafa SC players Al-Duhail SC players Muaither SC players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football forwards 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people Democratic Republic of the Congo men's A' international footballers 2009 African Nations Championship players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Qatar