Papi Kimoto

{{Short description|DR Congolese football manager and player}}

{{EngvarB|date=November 2023}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2008}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Papi Kimoto

| image =

| fullname = Papy Okitankoyi Kimoto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|07|22}}

| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire

| currentclub = DR Congo Women (head coach)

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1996–1997

| years2 = 1998–1999

| years3 = 1999–2002

| years4 = 2002–2004

| years5 = 2004–2005

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2006

| years8 = 2007

| years9 = 2007–2008

| years10 = 2008

| years11 = 2009–2010

| years12 = 2010–2011

| years13 = 2011–2012

| years14 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = AC Sodigraf

| clubs2 = AS Vita

| clubs3 = SC Lokeren

| clubs4 = Standard Liège

| clubs5 = Sint-Truiden

| clubs6 = Maccabi Netanya

| clubs7 = Maccabi Herzliya

| clubs8 = Hakoah Ramat Gan

| clubs9 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| clubs10 = RFC Liège

| clubs11 = Atromitos Yeroskipou

| clubs12 = APEP Pitsilia

| clubs13 = RFC Liège

| clubs14 = Royal Aywaille

| caps1 = -

| caps2 = -

| caps3 = 69

| caps4 = 18

| caps5 = 19

| caps6 = 27

| caps7 = 16

| caps8 = 13

| caps9 = 32

| caps10 = 16

| caps11 = 24

| caps12 = 13

| caps13 = 26

| caps14 = 14

| goals1 = -

| goals2 = 13

| goals3 = 14

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 10

| goals7 = 3

| goals8 = 3

| goals9 = 7

| goals10 = 6

| goals11 = 19

| goals12 = 7

| goals13 = 21

| goals14 = 8

| nationalyears1 = 1997–2006

| nationalteam1 = DR Congo

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 13

| manageryears1 = 2014

| managerclubs1 = DR Congo (assistant manager){{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Tempers-flare-as-DRC-edge-Mauritania-20150429|title = Tempers flare as DRC edge Mauritania}}

| manageryears2 = 2015

| managerclubs2 = AS Dragons/Bilima

| manageryears3 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs3 = JS Kinshasa

| manageryears4 = 2018–2021

| managerclubs4 = FC Renaissance

| manageryears5 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs5 = Maniema Union

| manageryears6 = 2023–

| managerclubs6 = DR Congo Women

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leballonrond.fr/player.php?id=97500&epoca_id=141&redirm=1|title=Papi Kimoto :: Papy Okitankoyi Kimoto ::}} He is the current head coach of the DR Congo women's national team.