Ziguy Badibanga

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

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(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ordabasy
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)
2017–2019 Sheriff Tiraspol 40 (12)
2019– Ordabasy 24 (3)
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 14:05, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Career

Club

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. 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 get 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, he accepted an offer to move abroad to Heraklion, Crete, Greece to sign for Ergotelis. In 2013–14, he played 29 league games and scored 6 league goals. In the summer of 2015, Ziguy accepted an offer to move to Tripoli, Arcadia to sign with other Greek club Asteras Tripoli. During his one year in Arcadia he played 14 league games and scored no goals. In the summer of 2015, Badibanga accepted an offer to go to Nicosia, Cyprus to play for Omonia.

On 3 April 2019, Badibanga left Sheriff Tiraspol by mutual termination of his contract.[2]

In April 2019, he signed a two-year contract with FC Ordabasy.[3]

International

As a native of Belgium, Badibanga is eligible to represent Belgium, while through his Congolese heritage he 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.
  2. "Спасибо, Зиги". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. "Зиги Бадибанга — игрок «Ордабасы»". FC Ordabasy. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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