Jonas Bahamboula

Jonas "Tostao" Bahamboula
Personal information
Full name Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba
Date of birth (1949-02-02) 2 February 1949
Place of birth Brazzaville, Middle Congo
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1987 Diables Noirs
International career
1969–1982 People's Republic of the Congo[1] 56 (13)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Congo
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 1972 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba (born 2 February 1949), nicknamed Tostao, is a former Congolese international football winger.

Career

Born in Brazzaville, Bahamboula spent his entire career playing club football for local side Diables Noirs.

With the Congo national football team, Bahamboula won the 1972 African Cup of Nations. He also played at the 1974 and 1978 African Cup of Nations finals.[2]

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[3]

Honours

People's Republic of the Congo

References

Cited sources

  1. ^ "Congo-Brazzaville - Record International Players". Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Congo Who's who" (in French). Congo-site.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. ^ "African Cup of Nations 1972-Congo Squad" (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

Further reading

  • M'Passi, Louis Aimé (2009). Mbemba Jonas Tostao : La légende du meilleur footballeur du Congo Brazzaville (in French). Edilivre-Aparis. ISBN 978-2-8121-2103-6.


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