Claude Kalisa (born 6 June 1977)Eurosport profile
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n former professional

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defender. Along with teammate

Désiré Mbonabucya Désiré Mbonabucya (born 25 February 1977) is a Rwandan former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Mbonabucya was born in Kigali, Rwanda. He was considered a valuable goalscorer for Sint-Truiden during his time at t ...

, Kalisa formed the backbone of the Rwandan national team that participated in the

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Career

Kalisa began playing professional football in China with Yanbian Century, and spent the last six seasons of his career in Belgium with

K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (), is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Bel ...

He retired due to a knee injury in 2007.

Personal

Kalisa's father was killed during the

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in his home country of Rwanda.

Clubs

*1996–1997:

Rayon Sport Rayon Sports Football Club is an association football club from Nyanza, Southern province, Rwanda, now based in Kigali. The team currently competes in the Rwanda National Football League, and plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigali an ...

*1998–1999: Yanbian Century *1999–2001:

*2001–2007:

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...

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* 1977 births Living people Rwandan men's footballers Rwandan expatriate men's footballers Sint-Truidense V.V. players Rwanda men's international footballers Yanbian Funde F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Rayon Sports F.C. players Men's association football defenders People from Nyanza District {{Rwanda-footy-bio-stub