Jean Kiritsho Kasusula (born 5 August 1982) is a Congolese politician and former 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 le ...

who played as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. In May 2015, it was announced that Kasusula and ex-teammate

Robert Kidiaba Robert Kidiaba Muteba (born 1 February 1976) is a Congolese politician and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his club career with TP Mazembe, whilst at international level he collected 61 caps playing fo ...

would stand for the

National Party for Democracy and Development The National Party for Democracy and Development (french: Parti National pour la Démocratie el le Développement, PNDD) was a political party in Benin. History The PNDD was established in 1989 by former President Hubert Maga.Mathurin C Houngnikp ...

at forthcoming elections.

Club career

Kasusula amassed 250 appearances for

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 ...

from 2004 to 2020 and helped them win three

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

s. He scored at the

2009 FIFA Club World Cup The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in A ...

International career

Kasusula played for the DR Congo national team from 2011 to 2015, appearing 41 times without scoring. He played at the

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

and

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

, the latter of which DR Congo finished third.

Honours

DR Congo *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

: third place

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

References

1982 births Living people People from Kisangani Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Men's association football defenders TP Mazembe players 2011 African Nations Championship players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people Democratic Republic of the Congo men's A' international footballers {{DRCongo-footy-bio-stub