Kevin Vangu Phambu Bukusu (born 27 February 2001) is a German 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 defender for Austrian Bundesliga club

Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberger AC, commonly referred to as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC enter ...

Club career

Bukusu have played youth football for several clubs including

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

. On 17 July 2020,

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

club

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion fr ...

announced the signing of Bukusu on a two-year deal. He made his professional debut on 3 October 2020 in a 6–0 league win against FC Eindhoven. On 30 August 2021, he joined

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

on a season-long loan. On 1 September 2022, Bukusu joined Austrian club

on a free transfer.

International career

Born in Germany, Bukusu is of Angolan descent. He is a former German youth international. He was part of Germany U17 team for the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. In August 2021, Bukusu was called up to Angola national team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against

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and

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

Personal life

Bukusu's elder brother Herdi is also a professional footballer.

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* * 2001 births Living people Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Sportspeople from Aachen Association football defenders German footballers Germany youth international footballers German people of Angolan descent Eerste Divisie players NEC Nijmegen players Helmond Sport players Wolfsberger AC players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Austria {{Germany-footy-defender-stub