Elias Kachunga
Kachunga with Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Elias Kachunga | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Haan, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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Current team
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Huddersfield Town (on loan from FC Ingolstadt 04) |
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| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 47 | (13) |
| 2010–2014 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | → VfL Osnabrück (loan) | 17 | (10) |
| 2012 | → Hertha BSC II (loan) | 4 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → SC Paderborn 07 (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | SC Paderborn 07 | 55 | (12) |
| 2015– | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 10 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 42 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Germany U19 | 1 | (2) |
| 2014 | Germany U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | DR Congo | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 19 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2017 |
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Elias Kachunga (born 22 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town, on loan from FC Ingolstadt 04, and the DR Congo national football team as a striker. He has also represented Germany U21's.
Born in Haan, Kachunga has a Congolese father and a German mother.
Born in Haan, Kachunga spent his early career in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Osnabrück, Hertha BSC and SC Paderborn 07. Following Paderborn's relegation, he moved to FC Ingolstadt 04 in June 2015. He was the club's record signing, at a transfer fee of €1.7 million. He signed a season-long loan deal with an option to buy at the end with English Championship club Huddersfield Town in June 2016. He made his debut for them on 6 August 2016, scoring the first goal in a 2–1 win over Brentford. On 22 March 2017 Huddersfield paid Ingolstadt £1.1 million to turn Kachunga's loan deal into a permanent transfer.
He has represented Germany at under-19 and under-21 levels.
Kachunga debuted for the senior DR Congo national football team in a friendly 2-1 loss to Kenya on 26 March 2017.
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