Deo Kanda A Mukok (born 11 August 1989) is a Congolese

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who plays for Tanzanian club

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as a

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Career

Born in

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, Déo Kanda began playing youth football for Jack Trésor FC. He signed his first professional contract with

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

side

DC Motema Pembe Daring Club Motema Pembe, or simply DCMP for a short, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. History Created in 1936 under the name Falcon Daring, by the Rev. Father Raphaël de la Kethulle de Ryhove who was a missionary of the Congrega ...

. He moved to local rivals

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 2009, where he would play in the

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and the

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, coming on as a substitute in the final where they lost 3–0 to

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. He scored the decisive goal as TP Mazembe won the

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title. In April 2013, he had a trial with Egyptian giant

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, but was eventually not signed. He joined Moroccan side

Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional Footb ...

, signing a three-year deal in July 2013. Déo Kanda has appeared for the senior

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in two

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qualifying matches.

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