Manasse Kianga (born 18 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward or winger for Slovak Niké Liga club ŠK Slovan Bratislava.
Club career
Kianga played in the English non-league system for multiple teams (most significantly for Rossington Main) before moving to Slovakia in 2025, when he joined Lokomotíva Košice. His move was facilitated by a former Slovak international and Chelsea F.C. player Milan Lalkovič, who had met Kianga while working as a youth coach in England and recommended that he continue his career in Slovakia. Milan Lalkovič sr. (Milan Lalkovič's father) was manager of Lokomotíva Košice at the beginning of the season 2025/2026.
Lalkovič later stated that he believed Kianga had the talent to reach the Slovak top flight within a year.
Early career Kianga joined Rossington Main in 2019 and left the club in 2024 (with multiple breaks) and helped them to achieve promotion from Division One of Northern Counties East Football League (10th tier) in season 2022-23. He played in 115 matches and scored 51 goals in all competitions for Rossington Main (including friendlies). According to the players historical stats on club site he appeared only in 104 official competitive matches scoring 44 goals.
COVID seasons 2020-21,2021-22 he spent at Grantham Town participating in Premier Division of Northern Premier League(7th tier).
During season 2021-22 he also appeared in Division One East of Northern Premier League(8th tier) playing for teams Worksop Town and Sheffield F.C..
FC Lokomotíva Košice Season 2025-26 was team anniversary, 80th league season in their history. Former czechoslovak top flight participant was aiming and gearing up for promotion from 3rd tier, but team underperformed badly (2 wins, 8 points and absurd -31 goal difference from 13 matches / first half of the season). That sealed club takeover and change of all personnel (squad including) during winter break.
Kianga missed first 5 games of the team (4 in league and 1 in cup, due to problems with visas), but later played full 9 games until the winter break scoring 3 goals and added 1 goal in 2 appearances in Slovak Cup.
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Kianga joined ŠK Slovan Bratislava in early 2026, initially representing the club's reserve team in the Slovak second division.
After impressing with Slovan B, and due to injuries in the first team (all 3 main guys playing upfront CF,LW,RW (Andraž Šporar,Nino Marcelli,Tigran Barseghyan) were injured in preseason), he was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the 2026–27 season. On 26 July 2026, he made his Niké Liga debut in a 4–0 away victory over Dukla Banská Bystrica, scoring one goal and providing an assist. Following his impressive league debut, Kianga made his UEFA Champions League debut for Slovan Bratislava in the third qualifying round against Swedish champions Mjällby AIF on 4 August 2026. Coming on as a substitute in the second half, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time to secure a 2–1 away victory for Slovan in the first leg. The goal was his first in European club competition and earned him praise in the Slovak media.
After last hours deadline transfer of much needed central defender Sahmkou Camara, Manasse was the last man cut from the UCL squad, however he travels with the team for UCL matches.
Career statistics
Sources:
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cup EuropeOther TotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRossington Main2019-20NCEL Division One146——101562020-2131———312021-2220———202022-23168——301982023-24NCEL Premier Division381321—8348172024-251713——101813Total904121—13310545Grantham Town2020-21NPL Premier Division3011—10512021-2211010——120Total14021—10171Worksop Town2021-22NPL Division One East30——1040Total30——1040Sheffield F.C.2021-22NPL Division One East150———150Total150———150Lokomotíva Košice2025-263. Liga9321——114Total9321——114Slovan Bratislava B2025-262. Liga93———932026-2741———41Total134———134Slovan Bratislava2026-27Slovak First Football League321231—75Total321231—75Career total14750753115317259
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References
External links
Manasse Kianga at Futbalnet (in Slovak) Manasse Kianga at SK Slovan (in Slovak) Manasse Kianga at UEFA Champions League