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Béni Nkololo

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Béni Nkololo
Personal information
Full name Béni Jean-Luc Nkololo
Date of birth (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Rennes, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 96
Youth career
–2015 Brest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Brest B 23 (5)
2016–2017 Brest 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Avranches (loan) 20 (1)
2016–2017 → Avranches B (loan) 13 (1)
2017–2018 Avranches 31 (6)
2017 Avranches B 4 (0)
2018–2019 Tours 20 (2)
2019 Tours B 2 (0)
2019–2020 Lyon La Duchère 9 (0)
2019–2020 Lyon La Duchère B 2 (0)
2020–2021 Concarneau 26 (1)
2021–2023 Central Coast Mariners 49 (15)
2023–2024 Al-Orobah 32 (5)
2024– CFR Cluj 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024

Béni Jean-Luc Nkololo (born 6 November 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga I club CFR Cluj.

Nkololo was born in France and played for Stade Brestois 29 in Ligue 2 and a number of clubs in the Championnat National before moving to Australia to play for Central Coast Mariners in 2021.

Early life

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Nkololo was born in Rennes, France, to Zairean parents born in Léopoldville. He acquired French nationality on 28 January 2004, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.[1]

Club career

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In July 2020, Nkololo signed with Championnat National side US Concarneau.[2]

In August 2021, Nkololo signed with Australian side Central Coast Mariners.[3] He scored on debut for the Mariners in a win over Blacktown City in the 2021 FFA Cup on 13 November 2021.[4]

Nkololo was part of the Central Coast Mariners' A-League Men Championship winning team in 2022-23, scoring the sixth of the side's goals in the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final.[5]

In August 2023, Nkololo was granted a release by the Mariners on compassionate grounds to join a club in Saudi Arabia. He left the Mariners having scored seventeen goals over two seasons.[6]

On 4 July 2024, Nkololo joined Romanian side CFR Cluj.[7]

Personal life

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Nkololo is the brother of Jordan Nkololo.[8]

Honours

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Central Coast Mariners

References

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  1. ^ "JORF n° 0024 du 29 janvier 2004 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 2137. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Béni N'Kololo retrouve la Bretagne avec l'US Concarneau" [Beni Nkololo returns to Brittany with US Concarneau] (in French). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Central Coast Mariners sign Frenchman Bèni Nkololo". 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Béni N'Kololo scores on debut for the Mariners". News.com.au. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Mariners smash Melbourne City 6–1 to win ALM decider". ESPN. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ D'Urbano, Nick (1 August 2023). "Championship winning Mariners winger departs club on compassionate grounds". keepup.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ "BUN VENIT, BÉNI NKOLOLO!".
  8. ^ "Le frère de Jordan Nkololo (SM Caen) débarque à Avranches". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 21 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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