Enoch Banza

Enoch Banza
Banza with HJK in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Bile-Enoch Banza
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Right winger
Youth career
MPS
HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Klubi 04 34 (5)
2017–2021 HJK 11 (0)
2019 → KPV (loan) 26 (4)
2020 → RoPS (loan) 16 (2)
2020 → RoPS II (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2023 Raufoss IL 23 (1)
2021–2023 Raufoss IL 2 5 (0)
2022 → AC Oulu (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023 → JäPS (loan) 34 (11)
2024–2025 KTP 16 (5)
International career
2018 Finland U19 4 (0)
2019–2020 Finland U21 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2024

Bile-Enoch Banza (born 4 February 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as right winger .

Early life

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Banza is of Congolese descent. His family had fled the war in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), and moved to Finland: his father in 1991 and his mother and sister in 1995. He also has four brothers who were also born in Finland. Banza received Finnish citizenship in 2018.

Career

Banza started at the age of 5 at Malmin Palloseura (MPS), before he joined HJK Helsinki youth sector at the age of 8. He made his Veikkausliiga debut with HJK first team in 2017 when he was 17 years old, against PS Kemi.

On 7 January 2019, Banza was loaned out to KPV for the 2019 Veikkausliiga season. In June 2020, he was then loaned out to Veikkausliiga club RoPS for the rest of 2020 season.

In April 2021, Banza signed with Norwegian club Raufoss IL.

On 15 April 2022, Banza joined AC Oulu on loan for the 2022 season. On 26 July 2022, Banza was further loaned out to Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) in Finnish second tier Ykkönen. He stayed with JäPS also for the 2023 season.

On 1 March 2024, Banza joined Finnish Ykkösliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) on a permanent contract.

Career statistics

As of 22 July 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2017 Kakkonen 20510––215
2018 Kakkonen 140–––140
Total 345100000355
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 6010–0060
2018 Veikkausliiga 5031–1091
2019 Veikkausliiga 0000–0000
2020 Veikkausliiga 0030––30
2021 Veikkausliiga 0010–0010
Total 110810010201
KPV (loan) 2019 Veikkausliiga 2648400–348
RoPS (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga 162–––162
Raufoss IL 2021 1. divisjon 23130––261
Raufoss IL 2 2021 3. divisjon 50–––50
AC Oulu (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 913100–122
JäPS (loan) 2022 Ykkönen 91–––91
2023 Ykkönen 25101065–3215
Total 34111065004116
KTP 2024 Ykkösliiga 1351000–145
2025 Veikkausliiga 303100–61
Total 165410000206
Haminan Pallo-Kissat 2025 Kakkonen 10–––10
Career total 17529287651021041
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
  3. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League

Honours

HJK

KTP

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Tästä 7-vuotiaasta tuulettajasta kasvoi Suomen kuumin futislupaus – "Kun lähden ulkomaille, palaan kuin Litmanen"" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Enoch Banza at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Vesander, Lari (6 December 2019). "HJK:n Enoch Banzan perheellä ei ollut varaa nappulakenkiin ja kausimaksuihin – juniorivalmentaja Tuomo hoiti viulut: "Emme ikinä unohda"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 HJK lainaa kaksi nuorta ja lahjakasta pelaajaansa – toinen sarjanousijan ja toinen hopeajoukkueen riveihin, hs.fi, 7 January 2019
  5. ↑ LK: RoPS saamassa lisävoimaa hyökkäykseen – Enoch Banza ja brittihyökkääjä liittymässä riviin, veikkausliiga.com, 7 June 2020
  6. ↑ "Enoch Banza liittyy Laivastonsinisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Enoch Banza loppukaudeksi Järvenpäähän!, japsedustus.fi, 26 July 2022
  8. ↑ Enoch Banza jatkaa Järvenpäässä!, japsedustus.fi, 1 January 2023
  9. ↑ ENOCH BANZA TUO KTP:LLE TULIVOIMAA - "YRITÄN AIHEUTTAA KOKO AJAN VAARAA", fcktp.fi, 1 March 2024
  10. ↑ KTP varmisti sarjanousun Veikkausliigaan, Yle, 6 October 2024
  11. ↑ KTP:n Enoch Banza Ykkösliigan huhtikuun pelaaja, Finnish FA, 8 May 2024