Dominique Kivuvu (born 16 September 1987) is an Angolan

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who plays for ZSGOWMS in the Dutch

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. He formerly played for CFR Cluj and

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. He is also a former international for the Angolan national team.

Club career

Kivuvu is a midfielder who was born in

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and made his debut in professional football, being part of the

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squad in the 2005–06 season. Kivuvu is very well known for his intense strength and his high work rate, and these attributes have allowed him to establish a starting position for NEC Nijmegen, in the heart of their midfield. He's also known for having a very powerful, accurate shot, which he showed by scoring a screamer against giants

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. Kivuvu, who has dual citizenship, has been making his mark in the

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– the Dutch premier division – with

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. After that, Kivuvu played for CFR Cluj in Romania and FC Oss.

Angola

Kivuvu was released by FC Oss in August 2013 after tearing his

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. In 2014, he was on trial at

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several times, without this resulting in a contract. In January 2015, he signed with Angolan club Kabuscorp. In June, his contract was terminated after a change of head coach. Later that summer, Kivuvu signed a six-month contract with Progresso Sambizanga.

Later career

On 8 January 2016, it was announced that Kivuvu would train with his former club

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to keep his condition up to standard. In the 2016–17 season, Kivuvu played for

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviatio ...

, after having trained with them from March 2016. His contract expired in 2017. In February 2018, he joined DOVO, where he had also trained beforehand. In the summer of 2018, Kivuvu went to DUNO. As of the 2019–20 season, Kivuvu plays for lower-tier amateur club ZSGOWMS.

International career

Angola

Dominique Kivuvu was the captain of the

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at the

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. But being Netherlands-born Angolan, he has been also chased by the Angolan Soccer Association to play for the

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. He has reportedly accepted the offer to play for Angola at the Nations Cup, to be held in Angola in January 2010. Kivuvu played his first game for Angola's national team on September 6, 2009, against Senegal.

Honours

Club

CFR Cluj * Romanian Supercup (1)):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kivuvu, Dominique 1987 births Living people Dutch footballers Association football midfielders Netherlands youth international footballers Angola international footballers SC Telstar players NEC Nijmegen players Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch people of Angolan descent Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Liga I players Allsvenskan players Girabola players CFR Cluj players Mjällby AIF players Kabuscorp S.C.P. players Progresso Associação do Sambizanga players TOP Oss players VV DUNO players Dutch expatriate footballers Angolan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Sweden Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Angolan footballers