Mamadou Zongo

Burkinabe footballer (born 1980)

Mamadou Zongo
Personal information
Zongo in 2007
Date of birth	(1980-10-08) 8 October 1980 (age 43)
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)
1995–1996	RC Bobo	25	(22)
1996–1997	ASEC Mimosas	22	(18)
1997–2004	Vitesse	76	(14)
2004–2006	De Graafschap	24	(2)
2006	VVV-Venlo	0	(0)
2006–2007	Ethnikos	11	(1)
2007	U Cluj	2	(0)
2010–2012	ASFA Yennenga
Total		160	(57)
International career
1996–2005	Burkina Faso	30	(13)
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

Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso. He signed on a free transfer for Romanian club U Cluj in November 2007 and had a salary of $9,000 per month. After two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, on account of a recurring knee injury. In October 2010, he signed a new contract for ASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso and spent the last two years of his playing career with the club.

International career

Zongo was part of the Burkina Faso national team at the 2000 African Nations Cup which finished bottom of group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He earned 30 caps and 13 goals.

Coaching career

In April 2013, Zongo became a head coach of the Burkinabé side Santos.^[1]

He was appointed head coach of ASFB in 2015.^[2]

Honours

RC Bobo^[3]

Burkinabé Premier League: 1996

ASEC Mimosas^[3]

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 1997
Côte d'Ivoire Cup: 1997

References

^ 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)
^ Championnat national de football: l’ASFB contraint Bankuy-Sport au partage des points L'Express du Faso 8 December 2015. (in French)
^ ^a ^b Mamadou Zongo at National-Football-Teams.com