Derrick Tshimanga (born 6 November 1988) is a Belgian 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 ...

of Congolese descent who plays as a

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for

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club

Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') is in Beveren ...

. As of 2021, he is playing for

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in the Belgian First Division B.

Personal life

Katuku is born in Congo and emigrated to Belgium at a young age. He is the older brother of Holly Tshimanga, a youth international for Belgium.

Honours

Genk *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2012–13 Belgian Cup, 2012–13

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* * 1988 births Living people Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgian expatriate footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Belgium K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players K.R.C. Genk players Willem II (football club) players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players S.K. Beveren players Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Association football defenders Footballers from Kinshasa {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub