Mamadou Zongo

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Mamadou Zongo
Zongo in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-08) 8 October 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
ASFB (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 RC Bobo 25 (22)
1996–1997 ASEC Mimosas 22 (18)
1997–2004 Vitesse 76 (14)
2004–2006 De Graafschap 24 (2)
2006 VVV-Venlo 0 (0)
2006–2007 Ethnikos 11 (1)
2007 U Cluj 2 (0)
2010–2012 ASFA Yennenga
Total 160 (57)
International career
1996–2005 Burkina Faso 30 (13)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Santos FC Ouagadougou
2015– ASFB
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.

Club career[edit]

Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso. He signed on a free transfer for Romanian club U Cluj in November 2007 and had a salary of $9,000 per month. After two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, on account of a recurring knee injury. In October 2010, he signed a new contract for ASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso and spent the last two years of his playing career with the club.

International career[edit]

Zongo was part of the Burkina Faso national team at the 2000 African Nations Cup which finished bottom of group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He earned 30 caps and 13 goals.

Coaching career[edit]

In April 2013, Zongo became a head coach of the Burkinabé side Santos.[1]

He was appointed head coach of ASFB in 2015.[2]

Honours[edit]

RC Bobo[3]

ASEC Mimosas[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ L’ancien international burkinabè Mamadou Zongo « Bebeto », nouvel entraîneur du Santos FC Archived 26 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine StarAfrica.com. 12 April 2013. (in French)
  2. ^ Championnat national de football: l’ASFB contraint Bankuy-Sport au partage des points L'Express du Faso 8 December 2015. (in French)
  3. ^ a b Mamadou Zongo at National-Football-Teams.com

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