Lorry Nkolo (born June 22, 1993) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

DRB Tadjenanet Difaa Riadhi Baladiat Tadjenanet (), more commonly known as DRB Tadjenanet, was a football club based in Tadjenanet, Algeria. The club was founded in 1971 and its colours were blue and white. Their home stadium, Smaïl Lahoua Stadium, has a ca ...

in the

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Club career

In the summer of 2015, Nkolo signed a two-year contract with

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n club

, becoming the club's first ever foreign player. Captain of his club team,

CSM Diables Noirs Club Sportif Multidisciplinaire Diables Noirs or simply CSMD Diables Noirs is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville. The club won its seventh domestic league title in 2009. History The Diables Noirs started as an all-star club drawn ...

, Nkolo was a leading goalscorer during the 2021

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season with 10 goals.

International career

In January 2014, coach Claude Leroy, invited him to be a part of the Congo squad for the

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. The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to

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, drawing with

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and defeating

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References

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