Glory Nzingo
Irish footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2004-11-04) 4 November 2004 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Swansea City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mountview Boys | |||
| Castleknock Celtic | |||
| Home Farm | |||
| 2016-2019 | Cherry Orchard | ||
| 2019–2021 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| 2021–2023 | Stade de Reims | ||
| 2023– | Swansea City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Stade de Reims B | 10 | (0) |
| 2023– | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Republic of Ireland U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Glory Nzingo (born 4 November 2004) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Swansea City.
Club career
Born in Dublin, Nzingo played for the youth sides of Mountview Boys, Castleknock Celtic, Home Farm and Cherry Orchard, before a move to St Patrick's Athletic in January 2019.[1][2] He made his senior debut for St Pat's in a 4–0 pre-season friendly loss to English side Chelsea, at the age of fourteen.[3][4] In 2020, he was named Football Association of Ireland under-15 player of the year.[1]
In June 2021, French side Stade Rennais launched a bid for Nzingo.[1] However, he went on to join fellow French side Stade de Reims in July of the same year.[5]
On 22 June 2023, it was announced that Nzingo had signed for the academy of Swansea City for an undisclosed fee.[6]
International career
Nzingo has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[7] In 2020 Nzingo was named U15 International Payer of the Year at the annual FAI International Awards.
Career statistics
Club
- As of matches played 20 January 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stade de Reims B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Swansea City | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Welsh League Cup
References
- ^ a b c Fallon, John (26 June 2021). "French club Rennes make offer for St Pat's star". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Dempsey, Andrew (9 July 2021). "Highly-Regarded St Patrick's Athletic Teenager Makes Intriguing Ligue 1 Move". balls.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Nzingo, 15 [sic], makes Saints debut in defeat to Chelsea". rte.ie. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Donnelly, David (7 February 2022). "France-based former Saint Glory Nzingo among 24 called up for Ireland under-19 training camp". dublinlive.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Glory Nzingo intègre l'Académie SDR" [Glory Nzingo joins the SDR Academy]. stade-de-reims.com (in French). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Glory Nzingo joins Swansea City Academy | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
- ^ Glory Nzingo at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Glory Nzingo at Soccerway
