Ziguy Badibanga

Ziguy Badibanga
Badibanga in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ziguy Badibanga
Date of birth (1991-11-26) November 26, 1991
Place of birth Evere, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 FC Sheriff Tiraspol
Number 39
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Anderlecht 19 (2)
2012 → De Graafschap (loan) 18 (0)
2012–2013 → Charleroi (loan) 23 (3)
2013–2014 Ergotelis 29 (6)
2014–2015 Asteras Tripoli 14 (0)
2015–2016 Omonia 24 (6)
2017– Sheriff Tiraspol 33 (9)
National team‡
2009–2010 Belgium U19 14 (3)
2010–2012 Belgium U21 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:55, 09 June 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Ziguy Badibanga (born November 26, 1991) is a Belgian professional football player who plays as a winger.[1]

Club career

Badibanga was born in Evere, Belgium of Congolese descent. He began his career in 2009 at Belgian giants Anderlecht and spent two and a half years at the club where he scored 2 league goals in 19 league games. Not getting enough playing time at Anderlecht, he decided in January 2012 to accept a half year loan offer abroad in Doetinchem, Netherlands to play for De Graafschap, where he failed to score in 18 league games. Returning to Anderlecht in the summer of 2012, he did not impress enough during the pre-season to earn himself a starting place at the club for the 2012-13 season. Anderlecht put him on loan once again, this time to Charleroi, where he played 23 league games and scored 3 goals. At the end of the season he returned to Anderlecht and the club were preparing to use him as a starting player but his impressive year at Charleroi attracted offers from clubs around Europe. In the summer of 2013 although he finally was going to get what he worked hard for, a starting place in the Charleroi team, to the surprise of all Anderlecht fans, he decided to leave the club permanently as he accepted an offer to move abroad to Heraklion, Crete, Greece to sign for Ergotelis. He had a really successful first year with club and in Greek football in 2013-14, he played 29 league games and scored 6 league goals and excited the crowds the way he would dribble with the ball and also impressed everyone with his physical strength. In the summer of 2015, Ziguy who looked happy and settled with the Crete club surprised all Ergotelis fans as he accepted an offer to move to Tripoli, Arcadia to sign with other Greek club Asteras Tripoli. His one year in Arcadia was generally unsuccessful as he only played 14 league games and scored no goals although despite he impressed with his performances for the club in the Europa League that season and still excited the crowd with how he was playing his football. In the summer of 2015, Badibanga moved on once again as he accepted an offer to go to Nicosia, Cyprus to play for one of the country's top and most popular clubs Omonia.

International career

Badibanga being born in Belgium is eligible to represent Belgium and through his Congolese heritage is also eligible to represent DR Congo in International football. Badibanga has appeared for Belgium at youth level as he has played with the Belgium U19 and Belgium U21 teams from 2009–2010 and from 2010–2012 respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Ziguy Badibanga". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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