Aaron Tshibola, born on 2 January 1995 (age 31), is a DR Congo midfielder whose career has settled into the shape of an established professional rather than a headline act. An imposing 6ft 3in (1.91m) presence in central midfield, he has had to gather his football in stages, with early loan spells giving him the senior minutes that young midfielders rarely get by accident.
Those loans were useful in the plainest sense: they moved him out of development football and into games where the ball, and the responsibility, arrived quicker. Tshibola’s most productive league season came with Kilmarnock in 2020-21, when he scored three goals in 31 appearances, a decent return for a midfielder not primarily judged on finishing.
He is now at Kilmarnock, wearing squad number 36, and has made 14 league appearances in 2025-26 without scoring. He has also remained involved internationally, making three World Cup qualifying appearances for DR Congo in Africa this season. His current market value is around £298,000, according to Transfermarkt.
Tshibola’s career has been built across loans, senior experience and international involvement, with Kilmarnock providing one of the clearer stretches of regular football in his professional life.
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