Nansha Kalonji

Nansha Kalonji
Nansha Kalonji
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Personal information
Full name Nansha Kalonji
Date of birth 16 February 1973 (1973-02-16) (age 38)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Manager (formerly defender / striker)
Youth career
1994-1997 Ramapo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Central Jersey Riptide
1999 MetroStars 19 (1)
2002-2003 Carolina Dynamo 41 (7)
Teams managed
2002-2003 Greensboro College (assistant)
2004-2006 Rutgers University
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nansha Kalonji (born 16 February 1973 in Brussels)[1] is a retired Belgian soccer player who played in both defence and attack. He was most recently the manager of the Scarlet Raiders at Rutgers-Newark.[2]

Player

Kalonji attended Ramapo College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997. He graduated with a bachelors degree in social science in 2003. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2007.[3] He played for the Central Jersey Riptide in the USISL.[4] In February 1999, the MetroStars selected Kalonji in the third round (thirty-first overall) of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played nineteen games and scored one goal before being released on November 23, 1999.[1] In 2002 and 2003, he played for the Carolina Dynamo in the fourth division Premier Development League.

Coach

Kalonji began his coaching career as an assistant at Ramapo College. He then served as an assistant coach at West Orange High School before moving up to become an assistant at Greensboro College in 2002 and 2003.[5] In 2004, he became the head coach at Rutgers University. After posting an 18-32-2 record over three seasons, Kalonji resigned on November 4, 2006.

Kalonji also holds Congolese [4] and American nationality.[6]

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