Jean-Claude Mabinda

Jean Mabinda
Mabinda with HIFK in 2021
Personal information
Full name Jean-Claude Anicet Mabinda-Kinzumba
Date of birth (2000-05-22) 22 May 2000
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 JäPS
Number 30
Youth career
HIFK
2016–2018 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Klubi 04 33 (0)
2020 Jaro 21 (0)
2020 → JBK 1 (0)
2021 HIFK 9 (0)
2022–2024 Gnistan 54 (1)
2024 → PKKU (loan) 2 (0)
2024 → JäPS (loan) 6 (0)
2025– JäPS 3 (0)
International career
2018 Finland U18 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 October 2024

Jean-Claude Mabinda (born 22 May 2000) is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a right-back for Ykkösliiga club JäPS. Born in Finland, Mabinda also has a Congolese citizenship.

Early life

Mabinda was born in Helsinki, Finland, to a Finnish mother and a Congolese (DRC) father.[1]

Career

Mabinda started in the youth sector of HIFK, before joining HJK Helsinki in 2016. He made a senior debut in 2018 for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 in the second tier, Ykkönen. He spent the 2020 season with FF Jaro in Ykkönen, and made his Veikkausliiga debut with his former club HIFK in 2021.[2]

Since 2022, Mabinda played for IF Gnistan in Ykkönen.[3] They went on to win the promotion to Veikkausliiga in the 2023 season, after finishing the season's runners-up. In December 2023, Gnistan announced the extension of Mabinda's contract for the 2024 season.[4] On 27 August 2024, he was loaned out to Ykkösliiga club Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS) for the rest of the season. He was named the Ykkösliiga Player of the Month in September 2024. On 1 April 2025, he signed with JäPS on permanent basis.[5]

Career statistics

As of 1 April 2025[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2018 Ykkönen 11030–140
2019 Kakkonen 22020–240
Total 3305000380
Jaro 2020 Ykkönen 21050–260
Jakobstads BK 2020 Kakkonen 10––10
HIFK 2021 Veikkausliiga 9010–100
Gnistan 2022 Ykkönen 2312030281
2023 Ykkönen 2903060380
2024 Veikkausliiga 20201050
Total 54170100711
PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) 2024 Ykkönen 20––20
JäPS (loan) 2024 Ykkösliiga 60––60
JäPS 2025 Ykkösliiga 00000000
Career total 12611801001541
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Ykköscup, Finnish League Cup and Ykkösliigacup

Honours

Gnistan

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Jean-Claude Mabinda". Pietarsaaren Sanomat (in Finnish). Hilla Group. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023. Jean-Claude Mabindan iloksi Pietarsaaresta löytyy myös mummola. Helsingissä koko ikänsä elänyt ... Isäni on Kongosta
  2. ↑ Jean-Claude Mabinda, hifk.fi
  3. ↑ Jean-Claude Mabinda jatkaa keltapaidassa, gnistan.fi, 1 December 2022
  4. ↑ JEAN-CLAUDE MABINDA JATKAA KELTAPAIDASSA, gnistan.fi, 14 December 2023
  5. ↑ JäPS vahvistui siirtoikkunan viime hetkillä, japsedustus.fi, 1 April 2025
  6. ↑ Jean-Claude Mabinda, Football Association of Finland
  7. ↑ Jean-Claude Mabinda valittu Ykkösliigan syyskuun pelaajaksi, Finnish FA, 5 October 2024
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