Mamadou Zongo

Mamadou Zongo
Zongo with Universitatea Cluj in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-08) 8 October 1980
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 ASFB (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 RC Bobo 25 (22)
1997 ASEC Mimosas 22 (18)
1997–2004 Vitesse 77 (14)
2004–2006 De Graafschap 24 (2)
2006 VVV-Venlo 0 (0)
2006–2007 Ethnikos 11 (1)
2007 Universitatea Cluj 2 (0)
2010–2012 ASFA Yennenga
Total 161 (57)
International career
1996–2005 Burkina Faso 24 (14)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Santos FC Ouagadougou
2015– ASFB
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso).[1][2] He started to play football in 1996 at RC Bobo, winning the Burkinabé Premier League championship at the end of his first season, netting a personal record of 22 goals in 25 matches.[1][2][3] In the next season he went to play for ASEC Mimosas for which he scored 18 goals in 22 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division games, as the team won The Double.[1][2][3]

Career in Netherlands

Afterwards he went to play for Dutch side Vitesse, making his Eredivisie debut on 31 October 1998 when coach Herbert Neumann sent him on the field in the 62nd to replace Marko Perović in a 2–1 away loss to Heerenveen.[1][2][3][4][5] On 3 December, he netted his first goals when he managed a double in a 5–3 away win over Willem II, then in the following round he scored another brace in a 2–0 victory against NAC Breda.[4] In the same season he made his debut in European competitions, helping his side get past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Bordeaux.[1][6] In the following season he netted a brace in a 2–1 win over RKC Waalwijk in the league and helped his side once again get past the first round of the UEFA Cup by eliminating Beira-Mar but they got defeated in the following one by Lens.[1][7] In the second round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, Zongo made his last two appearances from the total of seven in the competition as he played in both legs of the loss to Inter Milan on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate.[1][8] From 2001 until 2003 he missed two seasons, being unable to play because he suffered a ligament injury on his right knee, being operated five times.[3][9][10]

In 2004 he went to play for De Graafschap, making his league debut under coach Gert Kruys on 22 August in a 1–1 draw against Den Bosch.[1][3][11][12] In the following round he opened the score in a 2–1 loss to Roda JC.[11][13] On 22 May 2005, he made his last Eredivisie appearance, playing in a 2–1 home loss to his former team, Vitesse, having a total of 101 matches with 16 goals scored in the competition.[1][11] De Graafschap relegated at the end of the season.[1] Zongo stayed with the club for one more season in which he did not play.[1] In 2005 he moved to VVV-Venlo, also in the second league but again did not play.[1][3]

Late career

In 2006, Zongo went to play for Ethnikos in the Greek second league.[1][2] Afterwards he signed on a free transfer for Romanian club, Universitatea Cluj in November 2007 and had a salary of $9,000 per month.[1][2][3][10][14] He made his Liga I debut on 24 November, being used by coach Gheorghe Mulțescu as a starter in a 1–1 draw against Politehnica Iași.[1][9] After only two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, on account of his recurring knee injury.[1][2][10] In October 2010, he signed a contract for ASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso and spent the last two years of his playing career with the club.[15]

International career

Zongo played 24 games in which he scored 14 goals at international level for Burkina Faso, making his debut on 9 November 1996 under coach Ivan Vutov in a 2–0 away loss to Nigeria at the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.[2][16] His following four games were also at the World Cup qualifiers, Zongo scoring in all of them, starting with a brace against Kenya and one goal against each of Guinea, Nigeria and Kenya again, however all the matches ended up with losses.[2] Afterwards he played in three games at the successful 2000 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, scoring two goals in two wins over Burundi.[2] Then coach René Taelman used him in all three group stage matches from the final tournament which were losses to Senegal and Egypt and a draw against Zambia.[2][17] In the following years, Zongo made two appearances in which he netted three goals at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers and played four games and scored once in a 1–0 win over Angola at the 2002 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.[2] His last four games for The Stallions were at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, netting one goal in a 1–0 victory against Ghana, his last match being a 2–1 home loss to Cape Verde, played on 26 March 2005.[2]

Coaching career

In April 2013, Zongo became a head coach of the Burkinabé side Santos.[18]

He was appointed head coach of ASFB in 2015.[19]

Career Statistics

International

Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zongo goal.
List of international goals scored by Mamadou Zongo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 6 April 1997 Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya  Kenya 1–0 3–4 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
2 3–1
3 27 April 1997 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Nigeria 1–2 1–2 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
4 8 June 1997 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  Guinea 1–0 1–3 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
5 16 August 1997 Stade Wobi, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso  Kenya 1–1 2–4 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
6 28 February 1999 Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi  Burundi 1–1 2–1 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification [24]
7 11 April 1999 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Burundi 2–0 3–1 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification [25]
8 23 April 2000 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Ethiopia 1–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
9 3–0
10 14 June 2000 Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya 1–0 1–0 Friendly [27]
11 17 June 2000 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi  Malawi 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [28]
12 13 January 2001 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Angola 1–0 1–0 2002 African Cup of Nations qualification [29]
13 5 June 2004 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Ghana 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [30]
14 17 August 2004 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Algeria 1–1 2–2 Friendly [31]

Honours

RC Bobo

ASEC Mimosas

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Mamadou Zongo at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Noul atacant al lui U Cluj, Zongo, incaseaza 9.000 de dolari pe luna" [U Cluj's new striker, Zongo, earns $9,000 per month] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Mamadou Zongo. Eredivisie 1998/1999". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Heerenveen - Vitesse 2:1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
    "Heerenveen - Vitesse 2:1". Besoccer.com. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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    "UEFA Cup 1998/1999. 2. Round". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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  9. ^ a b "Rupt" [Broken] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b c "Pleaca Zongo?" [Is Zongo leaving?] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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  12. ^ "De Graafschap - FC Den Bosch 1:1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Roda JC Kerkrade - De Graafschap 2:1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Zongo e optimist" [Zongo is optimistic] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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  16. ^ "Nigeria vs. Burkina Faso, 9 November 1996". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Team profile: Burkina Faso" [Jiul negotiates with Salif Nogo]. Bbc.co.uk. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
    "African Nations Cup 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  18. ^ L’ancien international burkinabè Mamadou Zongo « Bebeto », nouvel entraîneur du Santos FC Archived 26 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine StarAfrica.com. 12 April 2013. (in French)
  19. ^ Championnat national de football: l’ASFB contraint Bankuy-Sport au partage des points L'Express du Faso 8 December 2015. (in French)
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  22. ^ "Guinea vs. Burkina Faso". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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  24. ^ "Burundi vs. Burkina Faso". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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  26. ^ "Burkina Faso vs. Ethiopia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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  28. ^ "Malawi vs. Burkina Faso". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Burkina Faso vs. Angola". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Burkina Faso vs. Ghana". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Algeria vs. Burkina Faso". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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