Elias Kachunga

Elias Kachunga (born 22 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. He represented Germany at youth level, and DR Congo at senior level.

Elias Kachunga
Personal information
Full name Elias Kachunga[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992
Place of birth Haan, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 45
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 47 (13)
2010–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 (0)
2012 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 17 (10)
2012 → Hertha BSC II (loan) 4 (3)
2012 → Hertha BSC (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2013 → SC Paderborn 07 (loan) 13 (3)
2013–2015 SC Paderborn 07 55 (12)
2015–2017 FC Ingolstadt 04 10 (0)
2016–2017 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 42 (12)
2017–2020 Huddersfield Town 75 (4)
2020– Sheffield Wednesday 18 (0)
National team‡
2010 Germany U19 1 (2)
2014 Germany U21 2 (0)
2017– DR Congo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:41, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2017

Early and personal life

Born in Haan,[2] Kachunga has a Congolese father and a German mother.[3]

Club career

Kachunga spent his early career in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Osnabrück, Hertha BSC and SC Paderborn 07.[2][4] Following Paderborn's relegation, he moved to FC Ingolstadt 04 in June 2015.[5] He was the club's record signing, at a transfer fee of €1.7 million.[3] He signed a season-long loan deal with an option to buy at the end with English Championship club Huddersfield Town in June 2016.[6] He made his debut for them on 6 August 2016, scoring the first goal in a 2–1 win over Brentford.[7] On 22 March 2017, Huddersfield paid Ingolstadt £1.1 million to turn Kachunga's loan deal into a permanent transfer.[8]

In December 2017 he was ruled-out for 3 months due to injury.[9]

He was released by Huddersfield at the end of the 2019–20 season.[10]

On 2 September 2020, he was signed by Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer.[11][12] He made his debut coming off the bench against Cardiff City on the opening day of the season.[13] He scored his first goal for Wednesday in a 2-0 EFL Cup win against Rochdale on 15 September 2020.[14]

International career

He has represented Germany at under-19 and under-21 levels.[2]

Kachunga debuted for the senior DR Congo national football team in a friendly 2–1 loss to Kenya on 26 March 2017.[15][16]

Career statistics
As of match played on 9 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2009–10[2] Regionalliga West 40———40
2010–11[2] Regionalliga West 241———241
2011–12[2] Regionalliga West 1812———1812
Total 47130000004713
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2010–11[2] Bundesliga 2000——20
2011–12[2] Bundesliga 0000——00
2012–13[2] Bundesliga 0000——00
Total 2000000020
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2011–12[2] 3. Liga 171000——1710
Hertha BSC II (loan) 2012–13[2] Regionalliga Nordost 43———43
Hertha BSC (loan) 2012–13[2] 2. Bundesliga 2010——30
SC Paderborn 07 (loan) 2012–13[2] 2. Bundesliga 13300——133
SC Paderborn 07 2013–14[2] 2. Bundesliga 33620——356
2014–15[2] Bundesliga 32600——326
Total 55122000005712
FC Ingolstadt 04 2015–16[2] Bundesliga 10000——100
2016–17[2] Bundesliga 0000——00
Total 100000000100
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2016–17[17] Championship 42122011304813
Huddersfield Town 2017–18[18] Premier League 1910020—221
2018–19[19] Premier League 2001010—220
2019–20[20] Championship 3630010—373
Total 754104000814
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21[21] Championship 1800021—201
Career total 2955760323031060

Honours

Huddersfield Town

References
  1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. Elias Kachunga at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. Thorsten Felske (4 July 2015). "Kachunga (23) ist der Wechsel-König" (in German). Bild. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. Elias Kachunga at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  5. "KACHUNGA NACH INGOLSTADT" (in German). Bundesliga. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. "Elias Kachunga: Huddersfield sign Ingolstadt striker on loan". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. "Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford". 6 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Elias Kachunga: Huddersfield Town sign on-loan striker for £1.1m". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  9. "Elias Kachunga: Huddersfield striker out with medial ligament injury". 18 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Chicken, Steven (24 July 2020). "Ten players depart Huddersfield Town with two deals extended". YorkshireLive.
  11. "Wednesday sign Elias Kachunga". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. "Wednesday sign forward Kachunga" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  14. "Rochdale 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  15. "Kenya v Congo DR". 26 March 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  16. "Léopards : La RDC chute 2-1 en amical face au Kenya". 26 March 2017.
  17. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  18. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  19. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  20. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  21. "Games played by Elias Kachunga in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  22. Woodcock, Ian (29 May 2017). "Huddersfield Town 0–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2018.


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