Ntumba Massanka (born 30 November 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Massanka was born in

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, London, and moved to

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aged four, as his parents relocated with their work as pastors. He was signed by

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

after being scouted, and spent six years with the club before a short stint with rivals

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. He joined

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

in the summer of 2013, before signing a professional contract with the club on 15 April 2015. Having started the 2015–16 season with 16 goals from 14 starts for the under-21 team, Massanka signed a new contract with Burnley on 23 December 2015. He joined

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club York City, on

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for the rest of 2015–16 on 12 January 2016, making his debut four days later as a 56th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home defeat to Newport County. Having made only three appearances for York, Massanka was recalled by Burnley on 11 March 2016. On 31 August 2016, Massanka joined League Two club

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on loan until 3 January 2017. In January 2017, he returned to Burnley, having failed to make an impact at the club with all 10 of his appearances coming from the bench. On 12 January 2017, Massanka joined

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club

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on loan until the end of 2016–17, after being recommended to the club by

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. He made his debut two days later as a 68th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home victory over North Ferriby United. Massanka scored his first senior goal with an overhead kick which was the equaliser in Wrexham's 3–1 home win over Guiseley on 4 February 2017. He returned to Wrexham for a second time in July 2017, signing on an initial six-month loan deal. He scored two goals in 26 appearances before returning to Burnley in January 2018. He was loaned out to

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on 30 August 2018. On 10 January 2019, Massanka joined Belgian First Amateur Division side

RWDM47 Racing White Daring de Molenbeek 47, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club founded in 1951 as Standaard Wetteren. In 2015, Wetteren folded and merged with another club, liberating the ...

on loan until the end of the season. He was released by Burnley at the end of the season. He joined newly promoted

side

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on 3 August 2019, signing a one-year contract. In February 2020, Massanka joined Eccellenza side ASD Angelana on a deal until the end of the season. In July 2021, Massanka returned to English football to join

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side

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...

. In January 2022 he joined

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. On 26 February it was confirmed that he had been recalled by South Shields from the loan period. He subsequently joined

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

and then

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

on loan. In January 2023, Massanka left South Shields to join

side

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massanka, Ntumba 1996 births Living people Footballers from Tottenham Footballers from Manchester English footballers Association football forwards Manchester United F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Burnley F.C. players York City F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players RWDM47 players Chorley F.C. players South Shields F.C. (1974) players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Belgian Third Division players Northern Premier League players English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium English expatriate sportspeople in Italy