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{{short description|Congolese footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kabwe Kasongo
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| fullname = Kabwe Kasongo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|31|df=yes}} 
| birth_place = [[Kinshasa]], [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|DR Congo]]
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left back]]
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| years1 = 1990–1992 
| years2 = 1992–1994 
| years3 = 1994–1996 
| years4 = 1996–1997 
| years5 = 1997–1999 
| years6 = 1999–2008
| clubs1 = Lubumbashi Sport 
| clubs2 = [[Daring Club Motema Pembe|Daring Club]] 
| clubs3 = Lubumbashi Sport
| clubs4 = [[S.C. Covilhã|Covilhã]] 
| clubs5 = [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória Guimarães]] 
| clubs6 = [[G.D. Chaves|Chaves]]
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| caps4 = 20  
| caps5 = 39  
| caps6 = 227  
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| goals4 = 0  
| goals5 = 0  
| goals6 = 2 
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2002
| nationalteam1 = [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]]
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'''Kabwe Kasongo''' (born 31 July 1970) is a [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] retired [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left back]].

During his extensive career, spent mainly in Portugal, he is best known for his lengthy spell at [[G.D. Chaves|Chaves]], both as player and manager.

==Club career==
Born in [[Kinshasa]], Kasongo played in his country for Lubumbashi Sport and [[Daring Club Motema Pembe]]. In 1996, he moved to Portugal where he was to spend 12 years as a player, starting at [[S.C. Covilhã]] in the [[Liga de Honra]] then signing with [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]] from the [[Primeira Liga]] in [[1997–98 Primeira Divisão|the following season]], being relatively used during over two years.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

Kasongo joined [[G.D. Chaves]] in the 1999 summer, and played there until his retirement, collecting almost 300 official appearances and competing exclusively in the second tier apart from [[2007–08 Segunda Divisão|2007–08]], which was his last year. He retired at the age of 38, but remained with his main club as its assistant manager and helped it return to the second level for the [[2009–10 Liga de Honra|2009–10 campaign]].{{fact|date=July 2023}}

==International career==
Kasongo made his debut for the [[DR Congo national football team|Zaire national team]] in 1992, and played for them during a full decade. He represented his country at the [[2000 Africa Cup of Nations]] held in Ghana and Nigeria, at which the country reached the group stage, conceding only once in three matches but failing to score.

==External links==
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*{{NFT player|10922}}

{{Zaire squad 1992 African Cup of Nations}}
{{Zaire squad 1994 African Cup of Nations}}
{{Zaire squad 1996 African Cup of Nations}}
{{DR Congo squad 2000 African Cup of Nations}}

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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kinshasa]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Daring Club Motema Pembe players]]
[[Category:Primeira Liga players]]
[[Category:Liga Portugal 2 players]]
[[Category:Segunda Divisão players]]
[[Category:S.C. Covilhã players]]
[[Category:Vitória S.C. players]]
[[Category:G.D. Chaves players]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1992 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1994 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1996 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Portugal]]
[[Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people]]