Fousseiny Tangara

Fousseiny Tangara
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-06-12) 12 June 1978
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 FC Versailles
1999–2000 CA Paris-Charenton
2000–2001 FC Les Lilas
2001–2005 FC Mantes 88 (0)
2005–2007 Amiens SC 7 (0)
2007 Lamia F.C. 8 (0)
2008 FC Gueugnon 7 (0)
2008–2009 AS Beauvais Oise 5 (0)
2009–2010 Amiens AC 17 (0)
2010–2011 US Centre Haine-Saint-Pierre
2011–2015 Union sportive de Breteuil
National team
2004–2006 Mali 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2015

Fousseiny Tangara (born 12 June 1978 in Bamako) is a football goalkeeper from Mali who last played for Union sportive de Breteuil.

Playing career

Born in Bamako, Tangara's parents moved to Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine, France when he was aged six months. He began playing football with lower league sides FC Versailles, FC Les Lilas and FC Mantes, before moving up to play in Ligue 2 with Amiens SC.[1]

He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

References

  1. ↑ "La double vie de Tangara" [The double life of Tangara] (in French). Le Parisien. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2018.


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