Papi Kimoto

Papy Okitankoyi Kimoto (born 22 July 1976) is a DR Congolese football manager and former professional player who played as a striker, most notably for the DR Congo national team and for SC Lokeren and Standard Liège in the Belgian First Division A. He is the current head coach of the DR Congo women's national team.

Papi Kimoto

Personal information
Full name	Papy Okitankoyi Kimoto
Date of birth	(1976-07-22) 22 July 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	DR Congo Women (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	AC Sodigraf	-	(-)
1998–1999	AS Vita	-	(13)
1999–2002	SC Lokeren	69	(14)
2002–2004	Standard Liège	18	(2)
2004–2005	Sint-Truiden	19	(1)
2005–2006	Maccabi Netanya	27	(10)
2006	Maccabi Herzliya	16	(3)
2007	Hakoah Ramat Gan	13	(3)
2007–2008	Hapoel Petah Tikva	32	(7)
2008	RFC Liège	16	(6)
2009–2010	Atromitos Yeroskipou	24	(19)
2010–2011	APEP Pitsilia	13	(7)
2011–2012	RFC Liège	26	(21)
2012–2013	Royal Aywaille	14	(8)
International career
1997–2006	DR Congo	54	(13)
Managerial career
2014	DR Congo (assistant manager)[1]
2015	AS Dragons/Bilima
2017–2018	JS Kinshasa
2018–2021	FC Renaissance
2022–2023	Maniema Union
2023–	DR Congo Women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Kinshasa, Kimoto moved to Belgium in 1999, where he played professional football with Sporting Lokeren, Standard Liège and Sint-Truidense V.V.^[2]

After he retired from playing, Kimoto became a football manager with a CAF "A" license.^[3] Kimoto managed AS Dragons/Bilima and Jeunesse Sportive (Kinshasa) before he was appointed to lead FC Renaissance du Congo in December 2018.^[4][5][2]