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Kabongo Tshimanga
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Sponsored by: Veer & Karan Gathani


DATE OF BIRTH
22/07/1997
PREVIOUS CLUB
Crawley Town
SIGNED
January 2026
NATIONALITY
DR Congo
BIOGRAPHY

Arriving in January 2026, Tshimanga hit the ground running with the Bees, scoring a brace on his debut at home against Oldham Athletic, before netting a further ten goals in 18 games before the end of the season, including two more braces.

The 29-year-old made the move to the capital from the Crawley Town, where he made a total of 23 appearances since joining the Reds in the summer of 2025.

Progressing through the ranks at Milton Keynes, where he signed his professional contract, Tshimanga enjoyed multiple non-league loans and at just 18-years-old, he ventured out to Iceland to play his football for a few months in Reykjavik.

Kabby then made the move North to join Boston United for a season, followed by stints with Oxford City and Boreham Wood where he scored a combined 62 league goals.

 The forward’s best goalscoring period came with Chesterfield in the National League, where he found the back of the net 31 times in 51 appearances during his 18-month stint with the Spireites, including an impressive record of 24 in 27 games in the 2020/21 season.

 

A loan move to Peterborough United followed, before the move was made permanent and he linked up with Boreham Wood for a second time on loan, followed by a spell with Fleetwood Town.

He also enjoyed a season-long loan at Swindon Town, where he scored 11 goals and assisted a further three in their 2024/25 League Two campaign.

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