Hérita Ilunga
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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US Creteil | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Espanyol B | 19 | (1) |
| 2003–2007 | Saint-Étienne | 136 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Toulouse | 35 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → West Ham United (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | West Ham United | 31 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2012 | Doncaster Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Rennes | 5 | (0) |
| 2014– | US Creteil | 31 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2011 | Congo DR | 32 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:13, 2 August 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga (born 25 February 1982 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a left back. He currently plays for the French club US Creteil. He has played previously for Espanyol B, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse, West Ham United, Doncaster Rovers and Rennes. He has also played international football for Congo DR.
Aged 13, Ilunga started training with Amiens SC, staying with the Somme-based club for four years before moving to Stade Rennais.
Ilunga moved to Spain, aged 20, where he joined Espanyol. In Barcelona, the left-back featured exclusively for Espanyol's B team in the Spanish Third Division, but he still did enough to catch the eye of Saint-Étienne coach Frederic Antonetti, who took him back to France, initially on loan, in 2003.
Ilunga spent four seasons at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, making 135 appearances for Les Verts and winning the club's player of the season award.
The summer of 2007 saw Ilunga move to Toulouse, who had qualified for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League. The defender appeared at Anfield as Toulouse lost 5–0 on aggregate to Liverpool at the third qualifying round stage. His time at Toulouse was "horrible" in his first season when the club was 17th place in Ligue 1, avoiding relegation after having a struggling season.
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