Parfait Mandanda

Parfait Mandanda (born 10 October 1989) is a Congolese[2] footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Championship side Hartford Athletic on loan from Charleroi.

Parfait Mandanda
Personal information
Full name Parfait Mandanda
Date of birth (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989
Place of birth Nevers, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hartford Athletic
(on loan from Charleroi)
Number 35
Youth career
1999–2001 SM Caen
2001–2008 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2009 → AS Beauvais (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 AS Beauvais 1 (0)
2010–2011 Altay[1] 12 (0)
2011– Charleroi 88 (0)
2019 → Dinamo București (loan) 12 (0)
2020– → Hartford Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2007 France U21 1 (0)
2008– Congo DR 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Career

Born in Nevers, Mandanda began his career at SM Caen, moving in 2001 to French Ligue 1 club Bordeaux in the youth system. He graduated to the first team in 2008. He was loaned out to AS Beauvais from Bordeaux in January 2009 for the rest of the season,[3] and in July 2009, Beauvais took up the option to make Madanda's move permanent.

Charleroi

In February 2019, he joined Dinamo București on loan.[4]

Hartford

Charleroi loaned Mandanda to USL Championship club Hartford Athletic for the 2020 season.[5] In his first game with the club he recorded a shutout and an assist in the teams 1-0 win over New York Red Bulls II and was named man of the match.[6]

International career

Mandanda was named in the Congo DR squad against France B on 5 February 2008.[7] Mandanda only played in the second half but missed out on a place in the history books as his older brother Steve Mandanda, also a goalkeeper and currently at Olympique de Marseille, only played in the first half for France.

Officially, he gained his first cap for Congo DR national football team against Gabon on 25 March 2008.[8]

Honors

National

DR Congo

Personal life

Parfait is the younger brother of French international and Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, and has two younger brothers. They are all goalkeepers: Riffi and Over Mandanda.[10]

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References
  1. Profile on Foot-National.com
  2. "Sporting Charleroi: Parfait Mandanda va se produire à Visé et à Mons". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. "OFICIAL. Parfait MANDANDA la Dinamo". FC Dinamo București. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. https://www.hartfordathletic.com/news_article/show/1107209
  6. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1113825
  7. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Parfait MANDANDA". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  8. "Parfait MANDANDA - Football : la fiche de Parfait MANDANDA (Charleroi SC)". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30627535
  10. Mandanda's dynasty Archived 4 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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