Ziguy Badibanga

Summary

Ziguy Badibanga (born 26 November 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chornomorets Odesa.[1]

Ziguy Badibanga
Badibanga in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ziguy Badibanga
Date of birth (1991-11-26) 26 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Evere, Belgium
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Chornomorets Odesa
Number 39
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Anderlecht 19 (2)
2012De Graafschap (loan) 18 (0)
2012–2013Charleroi (loan) 23 (3)
2013–2014 Ergotelis 29 (6)
2014–2015 Asteras Tripoli 14 (0)
2015–2016 Omonia 24 (6)
2017–2019 Sheriff Tiraspol 40 (12)
2019–2021 Ordabasy 43 (5)
2021 Shakhter Karagandy 6 (0)
2021 AEL 4 (0)
2022 Anagennisi Karditsa 15 (2)
2022– Chornomorets Odesa 33 (3)
International career
2009–2010 Belgium U19 14 (3)
2010–2012 Belgium U21 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Career edit

Club edit

Badibanga was born in Evere, Belgium of Congolese descent. He began his career in 2009 at Belgian giants Anderlecht and spent two and a half years at the club where he scored 2 league goals in 19 league games. He decided in January 2012 to accept a half year loan offer abroad in Doetinchem, Netherlands to play for De Graafschap, where he failed to score in 18 league games. Returning to Anderlecht in the summer of 2012, he did not get a starting place at the club for the 2012–13 season. Anderlecht put him on loan once again, this time to Charleroi, where he played 23 league games and scored 3 goals. At the end of the season he returned to Anderlecht and the club were preparing to use him as a starting player but his impressive year at Charleroi attracted offers from clubs around Europe. In the summer of 2013, he accepted an offer to move abroad to Heraklion, Crete, Greece to sign for Ergotelis. In 2013–14, he played 29 league games and scored 6 league goals. In the summer of 2015, Ziguy accepted an offer to move to Tripoli to sign with other Greek club Asteras Tripoli. During his one year in Arcadia he played 14 league games and scored no goals. In the summer of 2015, Badibanga accepted an offer to go to Nicosia, Cyprus to play for Omonia.

On 3 April 2019, Badibanga left Sheriff Tiraspol by mutual termination of his contract.[2]

In April 2019, Badibanga signed a two-year contract with FC Ordabasy.[3]

On 11 April 2021, Badibanga signed for FC Shakhter Karagandy.[4]

International edit

As a native of Belgium, Badibanga is eligible to represent Belgium, while through his Congolese heritage he is also eligible to represent DR Congo in International football. Badibanga has appeared for Belgium at youth level as he has played with the Belgium U19 and Belgium U21 teams from 2009 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2012 respectively.

Honours edit

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Ziguy Badibanga". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Спасибо, Зиги". fc-sheriff.com/ (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Зиги Бадибанга — игрок "Ордабасы"". FC Ordabasy. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЗИГИ БАДИБАНГА — ИГРОК ФК ШАХТЕР". shakhter.kz/ (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Григорчук і Бадібанга — найкращі гравець і тренер місяця VBET Ліги!".

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