Baningime grew up in the Lemba district of Kinshasa.[3] He left at the age of 8, after his father, who was working as a doctor in England, moved the family to Wigan.[3]
Career
Everton
Baningime joined Everton at the age of nine.[4] He is an academy graduate of the club and won honours such as 'The Premier League 2'[5] and the Dallas Cup[6] during his time in the Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy. Baningime also won the Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy Player of the Year award for the 2016/17 season.[7] Baningime's senior debut came in a League Cup game against Chelsea in October 2017.[8] Baningime made his Premier League debut as a half-time substitute against Leicester City on 29 October 2017.[9]
In January 2019, he was loaned to Wigan Athletic until the end of the season.[10]
On 1 February 2021, Baningime joined Championship side Derby County on loan for the remainder of the 2020−21 season, reuniting with former Everton teammate Wayne Rooney who is manager.[11] Two days later, he made his debut for the Rams as a substitute for Graeme Shinnie in a 0–3 away league defeat by Rotherham United.[12]
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^"RAMS LAND BANINGIME ON LOAN FROM EVERTON". Derby County F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^"Preston North End 1-2 Rotherham United: Late Millers flourish leave Rooney's Rams reeling". BBC Sport. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^"Baningime joins Hearts from Everton". BBC Sport.
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