Trésor Kandol

Early career

Kandol started his career at Luton Town where he was voted young player of the year twice, broke the record of the youngest player to play in the first team and then went to AFC Bournemouth, where he scored once in the Football League Trophy against future club Barnet. He then dropped to non-league football and became a highly prolific goalscorer at Thurrock, his tally of 79 goals in 110 games got him noticed back at a higher level of football and he joined Dagenham & Redbridge in the conference where he scored nine goals in 13 games and subsequently had a successful loan spell back in league football at Darlington.

Barnet

On 18 November 2006, Kandol scored an injury time winner against Rochdale at Underhill to complete his hat-trick that also saw Barnet win their third consecutive league game. Kandol's impact for Barnet saw him topping up the chart as the top scorer in FA Cup with six goals to his name, he highlighted himself by scoring by lobbing the goalkeeper from the halfway line against Cardiff City and a header to take them out of the cup, followed by another two against Cheltenham Town but his best performance came from Elland Road where he scored a powerful header. A string of good performances attracted the attention of several Championship clubs such as Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Watford, Hull City and Leeds United. Whilst at Barnet in 2006, Kandol was sent to prison for 13 weeks for a series of driving offences.

Leeds…

Kandol won his first and only cap for the Congo DR national team in 2008 against Algeria in a friendly. The Congo DR national team won the match 1–0.

Kandol was born in Banga. His cousins, Lomana LuaLua and Kazenga LuaLua have also played professional football. He was known to often celebrate scoring a goal by performing a backflip.