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.

David Manga
Manga training with TSV 1860 München in 2011
Personal information
Full name David Manga Lembe
Date of birth (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing 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 TSV 1860 München II 74 (14)
2011 TSV 1860 München 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)
* 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

Career

He 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 München 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 TSV 1860 München 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]

National team

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 performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2008–09TSV 1860 München IIRegionalliga Süd172------172
2009–10TSV 1860 München IIRegionalliga Süd335------335
2010–11TSV 1860 München IIRegionalliga Süd247------247
2011–12FK PartizanSerbian SuperLiga9120--00111
2012–13Hapoel Ramat GanIsraeli Premier League30101154003615
2013–14Ironi Kiryat ShmonaIsraeli Premier League2911--53--3414
2014–15Ironi Kiryat ShmonaIsraeli Premier League2673031--328
Career total 1704311540018452

Honours

Club
Partizan
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona

References
  1. Doesn't include these matches:
    05.06.2011 Central African Republic – Tanzania 2:1 and 07.09.2011 Equatorial Guinea – Central African Republic 3:0
  2. David Manga profile Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Partizan official website
  3. David Manga at Fussballdaten
  4. David Manga nova akvizicija Partizana Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Partizan official website
  5. Valjak protutnjao Ivanjicom at Sportski žurnal (in Serbian)
  6. Manga progurao Valjak kroz smederevsku tvrđavu at Sportski žurnal, 21 April 2012 (in Serbian)
  7. Manga u Izraelu at Sportski žurnal, 21 August 2012 (in Serbian)
  8. "Zirə David Manqa ilə müqavilə imzaladı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. "Zirə David Manqa ilə yollarını ayırdı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. Profile and interview at ama-lion.com
  11. "ONE: דוד מנגה" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  12. "David Manga". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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