Tottenham Hotspur Born in
Lubumbashi, Zaire, Maghoma was also linked with a move to
Hamburg in the summer, but the move never happened. After five years at the academy, Maghoma was released by Tottenham manager
Harry Redknapp in June 2009.
Burton Albion After training with both
Hereford United and
Burton Albion, Maghoma decided to join the latter, newly promoted to
League Two, on a two-year contract. Manager
Paul Peschisolido was impressed by his displays in the pre-season friendly matches, and Maghoma was in the starting eleven for both his and his team's
Football League debut, on 8 August 2009 in a 3–1 defeat away to
Shrewsbury Town. His first Burton goal came in a 2–0 home win against
Barnet on 19 October. Having established himself in the team in the second half of the season, he scored his second goal in a 1–0 home win against
Port Vale on 6 February 2010, and his third in a 3–2 loss away to
Morecambe ten days later. He finished the campaign with 4 goals from 38 appearances in all competitions.Maghoma scored his first goal of the season in a 1–1 draw with
Crewe Alexandra on 18 September. He also scored as Burton beat
Chesterfield 3–1 in the
FA Cup second round, In the penultimate match of the season, away to Southend, Maghoma received the first
red card of his career for reacting verbally to provocation from home fans after
Scott Malone's goal that ensured Burton's survival in League Two. Malone suggested that a professional player "needs to handle it a little bit better". With 43 league appearances, and rated one of the club's most consistent outfield players, Maghoma was runner-up to goalkeeper
Adam Legzdins in the Supporters' Player of the Year poll. His delay in accepting the club's offer of a new contract caused Peschisolido to resign himself to the player leaving, but Maghoma rejected offers from abroad in favour of two more years with Burton, and intended to make every effort to improve his own performance and to go for the League Two title. After serving a suspension in the opening game of the season, Maghoma returned to action in the
League Cup first round away to
Burnley. He equalised in the last few minutes to take the game into
extra time, but Burton went on to lose 6–3. A victory against Crewe Alexandra meant that his absence with an ankle knock was not crucial, and he returned to score his first goal of the season as Burton beat
Swindon Town 2–0. he was back in four. Maghoma began the 2012–13 season with a goal and an assist in a 6–2 win over
AFC Wimbledon. He also "thundered in a swerving 30-yard effort" as Burton eliminated
Championship side
Leicester City from the
League Cup on their own ground by four goals to two, and scored two goals and set up another for
Calvin Zola in a 4–0 win over
Oxford United. Four goals in three consecutive gamestwo against
Fleetwood Town, and one each against
Exeter City and Morecambeearned Maghoma the League Two Player of the Month award for February 2013. He scored both goals in a 2–0 defeat of
Wycombe Wanderers in April that took Burton into the automatic promotion positions, but they finished fourth, so went into the
play-offs against
Bradford City. Burton won the first leg 3–2, and Maghoma opened the scoring in the second from the penalty spot, but Bradford City won 5–4 on aggregate, so Burton stayed in League Two. He was the club's top scorer for the season, with 18 goals from 50 appearances, placed sixth in the poll of League Two managers to choose the division's player of the year, received the club's Players' Player of the Season award, and was runner-up to
Lee Bell as Supporters' Player of the Season. With his contract due to expire and interest reported from Championship clubs, it became clear that Maghoma would be leaving. Manager
Gary Rowett said he and his ability to "[come] up with a little bit of magic more often than not" would be a big loss.
Sheffield Wednesday Maghoma signed a two-year contract with Championship club
Sheffield Wednesday in June 2013. He made an eventful debut on the opening day of the 2013–14 season against newly relegated
Queens Park Rangers. Coming into the match as a first-half substitute for
Joe Mattock, Maghoma was booked for
diving when the victim of what QPR's assistant manager agreed was a foul in the penalty area by the already-booked
Joey Barton, and also shot against the post, as Sheffield Wednesday lost 2–1. He had missed some of pre-season training because of injury, and was not a regular in the team for the first few months of the season, but had a run in the starting eleven from late November, and scored his first goal in a 2–1 loss against Bournemouth. He also scored in a 4–1 win over
Macclesfield Town in the FA Cup third round, and in a 2–0 win over
Huddersfield Town in February 2014. in which he had ten minutes as a substitute. He finished with three goals from 30 appearances in all competitions, and hoped to make a greater impact in the season to come. Maghoma started the 2014–15 season with an assist for
Giles Coke's shot from distance as Wednesday beat
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0; Coke's goal was voted Wednesday's Goal of 2014. He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 League Cup win over
Notts County. and it took a "kick up the backside" from manager
Stuart Gray to improve his performance in training and return him to the starting eleven. In February 2015, he provided the assists for all three Wednesday goals in a win away to
Millwall, and he finished the season with 36 appearances, which included 28 league starts. he was released at the end of the season.
Birmingham City in 2015 Maghoma linked up again with former manager Gary Rowett at Championship club
Birmingham City in June 2015, when he signed a two-year contract with the option of a further year. An unused substitute on the opening day of the season, he started the League Cup visit to
Bristol Rovers three days later and scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win. According to the
Birmingham Mail reporter, he made a significant impact on the game, "fast, direct and full of running – and took his goal with great composure". He became a regular in the team, either as a substitute or, especially after the transfer of
Demarai Gray to Leicester City, in the starting eleven, and scored 6 goals from 44 appearances in all competitions. At the end of the season he agreed a contract extension to 2018, plus an option in the club's favour of another year. Speaking in February 2016, Rowett said about Maghoma that "he's strong, he's quick, and he's got great balance. He can beat players, he can score goals, he can tackle, and he can defend", but that his ability meant that "he should be scoring ten goals a season and setting more goals up". He scored at Leeds United in Birmingham's first win of the 2016–17 season, and crossed for
David Davis's goal against
Norwich City and
Lukas Jutkiewicz's late winner against Sheffield Wednesday. He was a regular starter for the first three months of the season, Under new manager
Gianfranco Zola, Maghoma made three starts, in the second of which his decisively taken goal sparked a comeback from 2–0 down to draw with
Barnsley, before spending January at the
Africa Cup of Nations. He returned with a knee injury, but played rarely even when fit; Zola preferred not to use wingers.
Harry Redknapp replaced Zola with at least six points needed from three matches to avoid relegation; Maghoma started all three. and no Birmingham player made more successful tackles in the win at
Bristol City that kept them in the division. Maghoma won Birmingham's Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards for
2017–18. After five years with the club, he was released when his contract expired at the end of the
2019–20 season.
East Bengal Maghoma signed a one-year contract with
Indian Super League club
East Bengal on 19 October 2020. He scored his first goals for the club in a 3-2 loss to
Hyderabad FC, and added another in a 3-1 win against
Odisha FC.
Return to England Northern Premier League Eastern Division club
Spalding United, managed by former DR Congo international
Gabriel Zakuani, announced the arrival of Maghoma in June 2021. However, it was reported locally that he was training with the club to regain fitness, and he made no competitive appearance for them. In October 2021, Maghoma signed for
National League South club
Hemel Hempstead Town. He made his debut on 6 November as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw away to
Dorking Wanderers, and made five more appearances. ==International career==