 Zongo with Universitatea Cluj in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1980-10-08)8 October 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Bobo-Dioulasso,Upper Volta | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | 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 Burkinabéfootball coach and former player who played as astriker.
Zongo was born inBobo-Dioulasso,Upper Volta (todayBurkina Faso).[1][2] He began playing football in 1996 atRC Bobo, winning theBurkinabé 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 forASEC Mimosas for which he scored 18 goals in 22Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division games, as the team wonThe Double.[1][2][3]
Afterwards, Zongo went to play for Dutch sideVitesse, making hisEredivisie debut on 31 October 1998 when coachHerbert Neumann sent him in the 62nd to replaceMarko Perović in a 2–1 away loss toHeerenveen.[1][2][3][4][5] On 3 December, he netted his first goals when he managed a double in a 5–3 away win overWillem II, and in the following round he scored another brace in a 2–0 victory againstNAC Breda.[4] In the same season he made his debut in European competitions, helping his side get pastAEK Athens in the first round of the1998–99 UEFA Cup, being eliminated in the second round byBordeaux.[1][6] In thenext season he netted a brace in a 2–1 win overRKC Waalwijk in the league and helped his side once again get past the first round of theUEFA Cup by eliminatingBeira-Mar, but they were defeated in the following round byLens.[1][7] In the second round of the2000–01 UEFA Cup, Zongo made his last two made his last two of his seven total appearances in the competition, as he played in both legs of the loss toInter Milan on theaway goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate.[1][8] From 2001 to 2003 he missed two seasons, being unable to play due to aligament injury on his right knee, which required five operations.[3][9][10]
In 2004, Zongo went to play forDe Graafschap, making his league debut under coachGert Kruys on 22 August in a 1–1 draw againstDen Bosch.[1][3][11][12] In the following round he opened the score in a 2–1 loss toRoda 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 was relegated at the end of theseason.[1] Zongo stayed with the club for one more season in which he made no appearances.[1] In 2005 he moved toVVV-Venlo, also in thesecond league, but again did not play.[1][3]
In 2006, Zongo joinedEthnikos in the Greeksecond league.[1][2] Subsequently, 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 hisLiga I debut on 24 November, being used by coachGheorghe Mulțescu as a starter in a 1–1 draw againstPolitehnica Iași.[1][9] After only two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, because of his recurring knee injury.[1][2][10] In October 2010, he signed a contract forASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso and spent the last two years of his playing career with the club.[15]
Zongo played 24 games in which he scored 14 goals forBurkina Faso, making his debut on 9 November 1996 under coachIvan Vutov in a 2–0 away loss toNigeria in the1998 World Cup qualifiers.[2][16] His following four games were also during the World Cup qualifiers, Zongo scoring in all of them, starting with a brace againstKenya and one goal against each ofGuinea, Nigeria and Kenya again, but all the matches resulted in losses.[2] Afterwards he played in three games during the successful2000 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, scoring two goals in two wins overBurundi.[2] Then coachRené Taelman used him in all three group stage matches in thefinal tournament which were losses toSenegal andEgypt, but also a draw againstZambia.[2][17] In the following years, Zongo made two appearances in which he netted three goals in the2002 World Cup qualifiers and played four games and scored once in a 1–0 win overAngola during the2002 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.[2] His last four games forThe Stallions were in the2006 World Cup qualifiers, netting one goal in a 1–0 victory againstGhana, with his last match being a 2–1 home loss toCape Verde, played on 26 March 2005.[2]
In April 2013, Zongo became head coach of the Burkinabé sideSantos.[18]
He was appointed head coach ofASFB in 2015.[19]
| 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] |
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