Shiva N'Zigou

Shiva N'Zigou (born 24 October 1977 in Tchibanga) is a Gabonese former footballer who last played as a striker for French club Saint-Nazaire AF.

Shiva N'Zigou
Personal information
Full name Shiva-Star N'Zigou
Date of birth (1977-10-24) 24 October 1977
Place of birth Tchibanga, Gabon
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–1994 USM Libreville
1994–1997 Orambaka Nom Bakélé
1997–1998 SCO Angers
1998–1999 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Nantes B 39 (11)
2001–2005 Nantes 33 (3)
2004–2005 → FC Gueugnon (loan) 18 (5)
2005–2010 Reims 64 (9)
2011 Virton 5 (0)
2011 UR Namur
2011–2013 Missile FC
2013–2014 Vendée Fontenay Foot 22 (2)
2014– Saint-Nazaire AF 0 (0)
National team
2000–2008 Gabon 24 (5[1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2014

Career

A striker, he arrived in the famous Nantes youth system in 1998 and played his first senior match in 2002. He spent the 2004/05 season on loan to FC Gueugnon, but after only one season he was transferred to Reims. In 2011, he joined Belgian Third Division team Royal Excelsior Virton as a free agent after his contract at Reims expired.

Background

N'Zigou is the youngest player who has ever played in the Africa Cup of Nations. At 16 years and 93 days, he scored on his debut for Gabon in a 3-1 loss to South Africa at 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and is also the youngest player ever to score in the competition. However, he admitted in 2018 that he lied about age[2] and that he is 5 years older than alleged. However, mathematicians have worked out that he would still have been at least eighteen at that tournament.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first.[1]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 January 2000Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana South Africa1–01–32000 Africa Cup of Nations
2.15 November 2003Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon Burundi1–04–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.2 September 2006Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon Madagascar3–04–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.4–0
5.21 August 2007Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Paris, France Benin1–02–2Friendly

References
  1. "Shiva N'Zigou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. Les Chroniques du Gabon (2018-08-15), FOOTBALL GABONAIS : CONFESSIONS DE SHIVA STAR NZIGOU, retrieved 2018-08-17
  3. https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/futebol-internacional/post/2018/08/22/ex-jogador-revela-que-mae-foi-morta-para-que-ele-tivesse-sucesso-na-carreira.ghtml


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