Patrick N'Koyi-Kiabu (born 1 January 1990) is a Congolese-Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

KSK Hasselt Koninklijke Sporting Hasselt are a Belgian football team, from Hasselt, capital of the Limburg province, Belgium. They will play in the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 The 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 is the sixth season of the division in its curr ...

. He formerly played for

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one be ...

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

, Petrolul Ploiești,

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, and

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

, Sukhothai and

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in ...

Early and personal life

Born in Kinshasa,

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, N'Koyi moved to the Netherlands with his family at the age of 4.

Career

N'Koyi has played club football in the Netherlands for

and

. In January 2014, he and his teammate

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had signed pre-contracts with

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club Petrolul Ploiești, as they entered their last six months of their spells at Fortuna. They joined Petrolul at the start of the 2014–15 season. He then moved to

in August 2015, leaving the club at the end of the 2015–16 season. He returned to the Netherlands with

in July 2016, before signing for Thai club Sukhothai in June 2017. However, shortly after joining the club, N'Koyi moved on, subsequently signing with

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side

on 30 June 2017. N'Koyi's time with United was short lived, with the striker leaving the club in December 2017. He made 14 appearances in all competitions, with the majority coming as a substitute. He managed to score 3 goals during his time at United, all of which came in the

Scottish Challenge Cup The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,TOP 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 abbreviati ...

, he signed for Icelandic club

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in January 2019. In the summer 2019, he moved to Belgian club

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