Yannick Bapupa

Yannick Bapupa ( born January 21, 1982 in Kinshasa) is a football player from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The midfielder, who made his debut in the national team of his native country in 2008, denied his previous professional career in Sweden, and won two league titles with Djurgårdens IF.

Career

Bapupa began playing football in his home country. In 2002 he moved from Kinshasa City Star to Sweden for Djurgårdens IF. In his first season for the club he contributed one goal in ten games to winning the Lennart Johansson - Cup for the Swedish championship title. When winning the Svenska Cupen on 9 November of the year with a 1-0 win over local rivals AIK with a goal by Louay Chanko he was not. In the following years he remained among others due to injury mainly reserve players and arrived at the title defense of the league title the following year in twelve games for use. Nevertheless, he decided together with René Makondele to extend the contract at the Stockholm club. In November 2004 he reached with the team again the Cup final, in a 3-1 victory over IFK Göteborg, he played as a substitute from the 77 minutes for Tomas Backman. After only six times he stood in the league during his 20 stakes in the starting lineup, he decided after the season the club change.

To get more game time to Bapupa the antretenden in the subprime Superettan Åtvidabergs closed on 1 January 2005 at FF, where he signed a two -year contract. When two-time champion, he established himself as a regular player in midfield and played 24 of 30 games in the season starting. He also reached with the team the Cup final, where he met his former club Djurgårdens IF. This time he was in the starting, but could not prevent the 0-2 defeat with goals from Toni Kuivasto and Tobias Hysén.

Due to its good performance was also one oberklassig attention to Bapupa. In November 2006, the first division Gefle IF was the duty of the midfielder known, who signed a two -year contract. Here he established himself in the starting line- and contributed in 23 games this season in the relegation of the club. In the summer of 2007, he fell off the sports field to negative, when he was accused of ill-treatment of his wife. After he was sentenced to social work and therapy, said the club to continue to rely on its services. As a result, he was able to win back a regular place and was in the 2008 season in 29 of the 30 games on the field. In parallel, he took his leave for the national team of his native country, where he debuted at the meeting with the Gabonese national team on March 25, 2008.

In the 2009 Bapupa was still a member of the permanent employees until he injured his knee in September and failed several weeks. After the end of the season in which he scored three goals in 24 games and with Gefle IF managed as a table tenth in the league, he moved free transfer within the Allsvenskan Kalmar FF.

Achievements

• Swedish Champion: 2002, 2003
• Swedish Cup winners: 2002, 2004
• Swedish Cup finalist: 2005