Budge Manzia (born 24 September 1994)[1] is a Congolese international football player who currently plays for SFC Opava. He has represented DR Congo internationally.
 Manzia 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 September 1994[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire[2] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SFC Opava | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sharks XI | |||
| 2013–2014 | Étoile du Sahel | 3 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | Dukla Prague | 16 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Baník Sokolov (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | (2) |
| 2019– | SFC Opava | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | DR Congo | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2015 | |||
Career
editAt club level, Manzia played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for Étoile du Sahel before moving to the Czech Republic to join FK Dukla Prague in January 2014.[4] He joined Baník Sokolov of the second league on loan in July 2015.[5] He scored in their first game of the 2015–16 Czech National Football League, a 1–0 win against FK Pardubice.[6] Manzia scored a hattrick in Sokolov's 3–0 win against Varnsdorf in November 2015 before his loan spell expired.[7] In April 2016, Manzia scored his first Czech First League goal in a 2–2 draw at Mladá Boleslav. He scored the second goal of the game in the 11th minute after a cross from Jakub Mareš, having provided the pass to Mareš for the first goal earlier in the game.[8] In the winter break of the 2016–17 season, Manzia joined second-tier side SK Sigma Olomouc, signing a 2+1⁄2-year contract.[9]
Manzia represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a friendly versus Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012.[10] Following his debut he was named in the Congolese squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations but did not play.[11] He was also named in the Congolese squad for 2013 African U-20 Championship.
References
edit- ^ a b Budge Manzia – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Profile on NFT, national-football-teams.com
- ^ Profile on Footballdatabase, footballdatabase
- ^ "První zimní přestup do Dukly. Získala mladého útočníka Manziu z Konga". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "Bidje Manzia zamířil na půlroční hostování do Baníku Sokolov". FK Dukla Praha (in Czech). 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Baník Sokolov i v deseti bral skalp Pardubic". Deník (in Czech). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Sokolov srazil Varnsdorf a zůstal neporažen. Vyhrál i Hradec". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 22 November 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "M. Boleslav - Dukla 2:2, domácí doháněli brzkou dvoubrankovou ztrátu". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Posila Manzia: Olomouc je moc hezká, v Sigmě se cítím šťastný". Deník (in Czech). 2 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Défaite des léopards 1-0 face au Burkina Faso !" (in French). leopadsfoot.com. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2013.
- ^ "DR Congo publish Afcon 2013 squad". Goal.com. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
External links
edit- Budge Manzia at National-Football-Teams.com
- Budge Manzia at Soccerway