Joseph Ndakala has completed a move from Canadian side Archbishop O’Leary Spartans to Estonian club Harju JK Laagri on a free transfer, signing a contract that begins on 2026-03-04. The 18-year-old striker leaves his home country to join a team competing in Estonia’s top tier, the Premium Liiga, in what is a confirmed step into European football for the dual Canada/DR Congo national.
The deal sees Harju JK acquire Ndakala without a transfer fee, with the move registered as a free transfer and no market value listed for the player at the time of completion. His contract with the Estonian club is currently set to run until no end date is specified in the available data, underlining that key contractual details beyond the start date have not been made public.
Ndakala arrives at Harju JK primarily as a striker, listed in the data as an attacking player whose main position is in the forward line. Standing at 1.86 m and born in Edmonton, Alberta, he brings a physical profile suited to leading the line, with the potential to develop further in a European environment. He will wear the number 20 shirt at Harju JK.
Before this move, Ndakala was registered with Archbishop O’Leary Spartans in Canada, a side that provided his platform at youth or school level before his first recorded switch abroad. The transfer history data reflects a direct move from Archbishop O’Leary Spartans to Harju JK Laagri, tied to the 25/26 season cycle, with no prior professional clubs or leagues listed, and no earlier transfer fees recorded.
The step to Harju JK positions Ndakala in the Estonian Premium Liiga structure, although his current team is listed as Harju JK in Estonia and his national team field as “Harju JK Laagri,” indicating domestic club rather than international representation. There is no information in the data about senior national team caps for either Canada or DR Congo, nor any statistics on appearances, goals, or recent match performances at club level. Likewise, there are no recorded season-by-season stats, no match dates, scores, or individual contributions from recent fixtures, meaning his on-field track record remains undocumented in the provided information.
Financially, the transfer is minimal in direct cost for Harju JK, as it is explicitly recorded as a free transfer with no market value attached. That absence of a listed market valuation, combined with the free status of the move, also leaves open the possibility that if Harju JK and Ndakala were to part ways early, he could become a free agent again, given there is no clear contract end date in the data.
With the move confirmed and his contract officially starting on 2026-03-04, Ndakala’s next phase will unfold in Estonia, where his development as a young striker with Canadian and DR Congolese nationality will depend on how quickly he adapts to a new league, new teammates, and a higher competitive level than any previously recorded in his career data.
