David Manga
David Manga (born 3 February 1989) is a Central African international footballer who plays for Besançon and the Central African Republic national football team.
 Manga training with 1860 Munich in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Manga Lembe | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Besançon | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Paris Saint-Germain | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | SC Eisenstadt | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | 1860 Munich II | 74 | (14) |
| 2011 | 1860 Munich | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Partizan | 12 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2013–2016 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 55 | (18) |
| 2016 | Târgu Mureș | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 10 | (2) |
| 2017 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Zira | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Levadiakos | 6 | (0) |
| 2020– | Besançon | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Central African Republic | [1] 14 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 November 2017 | |||
Club career
Manga begin playing in the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. youth academy.[2] In 2007, he played with SC Eisenstandt in Austrian Regional League East.
In 2008, he signed a contract with TSV 1860 Munich and played three seasons for their second team in the German Regionalliga Süd.[3] After 2010 he has been a non-used substitute on several occasions at 1860 Munich main team, however he failed to make an appearance.
On 15 August 2011, after passing trial period and finishing medical exams, he signed with Serbian SuperLiga champions FK Partizan.[4] He made his debut on 21 September 2011, in a 2011–12 Serbian Cup match against FK Novi Pazar, as a substitute of Saša Ilić in the 73rd minute. His league debut only happened on 22 October 2011, in the round 9 match against Javor with Manga entering in the 87th minute of the match.[5] On 21 April 2012, he scored his first league goal in a shot after a long run in the 93rd minute of the 25th round match against Smederevo. He was a substitute at that match, when Avram Grant brought him into the game in 81st minute, a move which ended up being decisive as Manga was involved in the action of the first goal and scored the second in the 2:0 victory of his side.[6]
In summer 2012 he joined Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Ramat Gan on a loan deal.[7]
On 9 June 2017, Manga signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira FK,[8] but had his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 15 December 2017.[9]
International career
His debut for the Central African Republic national team was on 10 October 2010 in a match against Algeria for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Personal life
Born in Paris, France,[10] David Manga's father was born in the Central African Republic and his mother is from Cameroon.
Career statistics
- As of 18 June 2015[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1860 Munich II | 2008–09 | Regionalliga Süd | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Süd | 33 | 5 | – | – | – | 33 | 5 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Süd | 24 | 7 | – | – | – | 24 | 7 | ||||
| FK Partizan | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2012–13 | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
| Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2013–14 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | – | 34 | 14 | |
| 2014–15 | Israeli Premier League | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 32 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 52 | ||
Honours
Partizan
Hapoel Ramat Gan
- Israel State Cup (1): 2013[12]
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
- Israel State Cup (1): 2014[12]
References
- Doesn't include these matches:
5 June 2011 Central African Republic – Tanzania 2:1 and 7 September 2011 Equatorial Guinea – Central African Republic 3:0 - David Manga profile Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Partizan official website
- David Manga at Fussballdaten
- David Manga nova akvizicija Partizana Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Partizan official website
- Valjak protutnjao Ivanjicom at Sportski žurnal (in Serbian)
- Manga progurao Valjak kroz smederevsku tvrđavu at Sportski žurnal, 21 April 2012 (in Serbian)
- Manga u Izraelu at Sportski žurnal, 21 August 2012 (in Serbian)
- "Zirə David Manqa ilə müqavilə imzaladı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- "Zirə David Manqa ilə yollarını ayırdı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Profile and interview at ama-lion.com
- "ONE: דוד מנגה" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- "David Manga". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
External links
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- David Manga at National-Football-Teams.com
- David Manga at Soccerway