Boris René Lumbana Kapasa (born 19 June 1991) is a

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-born Swedish

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and an

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musician, using the stage name Boris René. Boris is currently playing for the Swedish football team GAIS.

Sports career

Boris Lumbana is a defender who after spending his youth career at the

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-based Swedish football team

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, has played professionally in a number of Swedish football clubs. He played for two seasons in the Swedish lower leagues with

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in 2008 to 2010 and for 4 more seasons 2010 to 2014 for the club

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in the Swedish professional

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league. In 2014, he moved to

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in the second division

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league.

Music career

Boris is also an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René. He used to make music with his brothers from his childhood days. He released his first single "Alive" in 2013. He competed in

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with the song " Put Your Love on Me". He placed tenth in the final. He competed in

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with the song "

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". In the first semi-final held on 4 February 2017, he came 3/4 and qualified for "Second chance" round. He then won his duel with Dismissed in the Andra Chansen round and then went to the final, which he placed 8th overall in.

Personal life

His older brother Christian Lumbana Kapasa, played football in the Swedish lower leagues with

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Discography

Singles

References

External links

* * 1991 births Living people Footballers from Kinshasa Men's association football defenders Örebro SK players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Swedish men's footballers GAIS players BK Forward players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Sweden Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar players Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Degerfors IF players {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub