| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | Rossington Main | 90 | (41) |
| 2020–2021 | Grantham Town | 14 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Worksop Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Sheffield F.C. | 15 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Lokomotíva Košice | 9 | (3) |
| 2026– | Slovan Bratislava B | 13 | (4) |
| 2026– | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2026 | |||
Manasse Kianga (born 18 March 2002) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Slovak Niké Liga club ŠK Slovan Bratislava.
Kianga played in the English non-league system for multiple teams before moving to Slovakia in 2025, when he joined Lokomotíva Košice.
Kianga joined Rossington Main in 2019 and left the club in 2024 after several spells with the team. He helped the club gain promotion from Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League (10th tier) in the 2022–23 season. He made 115 appearances and scored 51 goals in all competitions for Rossington Main, including friendlies. According to the club's historical statistics, he made 104 appearances and scored 44 goals in official competitive matches.
During the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, he also played for Grantham Town in the Northern Premier League Premier Division (seventh tier).
In the 2021–22 season, Kianga also featured in the Northern Premier League Division One East (eighth tier), playing for Worksop Town and Sheffield F.C..
Kianga joined Lokomotíva Košice for the 2025–26 season. He missed the club's first five matches—four league matches and one cup match—because of visa issues. He subsequently played the full 90 minutes in each of the team's remaining nine matches before the winter break, scoring three goals. He also scored once in two appearances in the Slovak Cup.
Kianga joined Slovan Bratislava in early 2026, initially representing the club's reserve team in the Slovak second division.
His move to Slovakia was facilitated by former Slovak international and Chelsea player Milan Lalkovič, who had met Kianga while working as a youth coach in England and recommended that he continue his career in Slovakia. Lalkovič's father, Milan Lalkovič Sr., was managing Lokomotíva Košice at the beginning of the 2025–26 season.
Lalkovič later stated that he believed Kianga had the talent to reach the Slovak top flight within a year.
After impressing with Slovan B, Kianga was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the 2026–27 season. The promotion came amid injuries to the first team's three main forwards: Andraž Šporar, Nino Marcelli and Tigran Barseghyan. On 26 July 2026, Kianga made his Niké Liga debut in a 4–0 away win over Dukla Banská Bystrica, scoring one goal and providing an assist.
On 4 August 2026, Kianga made his UEFA Champions League debut for Slovan Bratislava in the third qualifying round against Swedish champions Mjällby AIF. Coming on as a second-half substitute, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time to secure a 2–1 away victory in the first leg. The goal was his first in European club competition and attracted attention in the Slovak media.
Kianga was omitted from Slovan's UEFA Champions League squad for the league phase following the late signing of central defender Sahmkou Camara. However, he continued to travel with the team for Champions League matches.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rossington Main | 2019–20 | NCEL Division One | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2020–21 | NCEL Division One | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | NCEL Division One | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | NCEL Division One | 16 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24 | NCEL Premier Division | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | 48 | 17 | ||
| 2024–25 | NCEL Premier Division | 17 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | |||
| Total | 90 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 105 | 45 | ||
| Grantham Town | 2020–21 | NPL Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | NPL Premier Division | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Worksop Town | 2021–22 | NPL Division One East | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sheffield F.C. | 2021–22 | NPL Division One East | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Lokomotíva Košice | 2025–26 | 3. Liga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||
| Slovan Bratislava B | 2025–26 | 2. Liga | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2026–27 | 2. Liga | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Slovan Bratislava | 2026–27 | Slovak First League | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | |
| Career total | 147 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 172 | 59 | ||