Neftali Manzambi

Swiss footballer (born 1997)
Neftali Manzambi
Personal information
Full name Neftali Benedic Manzambi
Date of birth (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Schaffhausen
Youth career
2004–2008 La Chaux-de-Fonds
2008–2009 Xamax
2009–2010 La Chaux-de-Fonds
2010–2017 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Basel 7 (1)
2018–2019 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2019 → Sporting B (loan) 7 (1)
2019–2021 Sporting Gijón 3 (0)
2019 → Córdoba (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Valencia B (loan) 5 (0)
2021 → Mjällby (loan) 4 (0)
2021–2024 Winterthur 49 (8)
2023 → Schaffhausen (loan) 5 (1)
2024– Schaffhausen 0 (0)
International career
2012 Switzerland U15 2 (0)
2012–2013 Switzerland U16 4 (2)
2014–2015 Switzerland U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 11 (2)
2016–2017 Switzerland U20 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2024

Neftali Manzambi (born 23 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss club Schaffhausen. Born in Angola, he has represented Switzerland at youth level.

Club career

Basel

The family Manzambi fled from Angola to Switzerland after Neftali's Birth. After playing his early football at FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and Xamax, Manzambi graduated with through FC Basel's youth system and advance to their U-21 team in 2014. He played regularly with the team and on 29 January 2016 he signed his first professional contract with the club, but stayed with the team.[1]

Having already played eight test games with the first team, Manzambi was called up by Basel's head coach Urs Fischer for the game against FC Thun on 14 May 2017 and he played his Swiss Super League debut this 3–3 draw being substituted in during the 75th minute.[2] On 8 June 2017 FC Basel 1893 extended Neftali Manzambi's contract, which would have expired at the end of the month, by a further three years, until the end of June 30 2020.[3]

Having scored seven goals for the U-21 team in nine games, Manzambi joined Basel's first team on a permanent basis during the winter break of their 2017–18 season under head coach Raphaël Wicky.

Manzambi played his first game over 90 minutes in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 29 April 2018. He scored his first goal for the team in the same game, it was the team's third goal as Basel won 6–1 against Thun. Manzambi was named as man of the match.[4][5]

On 7 August 2018 Manzambi left the club. During his time with Basel's first team, Manzambi played a total of 23 games for them scoring a total of 4 goals. Nine of these games were in the Swiss Super League and 14 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, the other three were scored during the test games.[6]

Sporting Gijón

During July 2018, Manzambi joined Spanish Segunda División side Sporting de Gijón on a trial basis.[7] On 7 August, he agreed to a one-year loan deal, with a buyout clause.[8] Basel confirmed the deal on the same day.[9]

On 30 January 2019, Sporting activated his buyout clause, with Manzambi signing a three-year contract and being immediately loaned to fellow second division side Córdoba CF until the end of the season.[10] He subsequently failed to establish himself at Sporting, and served loan stints at Valencia CF Mestalla and Mjällby AIF.[11]

Winterthur

On 6 July 2021, he returned to Switzerland and signed with Winterthur.[12] On 7 September 2023, Manzambi joined Schaffhausen on loan with an option to buy.[13]

Schaffhausen

On 15 February 2024, Manzambi returned to Schaffhausen.[14]

Honours

Basel

References

  1. ^ FC Basel 1893 (29 January 2016). "Neftali Manzambi unterzeichnet Profivertrag". Neftali Manzambi signs professional contract (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Plattner, Stefan (15 May 2017). "Debüt für FCB-Youngster Manzambi" (in German). Telebasel. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (8 June 2017). "FCB verlaengert Vertrag mit Neftali Manzambi". FCB extends contract with Neftali Manzambi (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (29 April 2018). "FC Basel - FC Thun 6:1 (2:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. ^ Feller, Céline (29 April 2018). "Neftali Manzambi lässt nach dem 6:1-Sieg gegen Thun in der Einzelkritik alle hinter sich". Neftali Manzambi leaves everyone behind in individual criticism after beating Thun 6-1 (in German). CH Regionalmedien AG, bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Neftali Manzambi - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. ^ "El delantero suizo Neftali Manzambi se entrena con el Sporting B" [Swiss forward Neftali Manzambi trains with Sporting B] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Neftali Manzambi firma por el Sporting" [Neftali Manzambi signs for Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  9. ^ FC Basel 1893 (7 August 2018). "FCB leiht Neftali Manzambi nach Gijon aus". FCB loans Neftali Manzambi to Gijon (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Neftali, cedido por el Sporting al Córdoba" [Neftali, loaned from Sporting to Córdoba] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Neftali, cedido al Mjällby AIF sueco" [Neftali, loaned to Sweden's Mjällby AIF] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "FCW verpflichtet Stürmer Neftali Manzambi" (in German). Winterthur. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Neftali Manzambi beim FCS unter Vertrag" [Neftali Manzambi signed with FCS] (in German). Schaffhausen. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Halabaku und Manzambi zum FCS" [Halabaku and Manzambi to the FCS] (in German). FC Schaffhausen. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links

  • Neftali Manzambi at BDFutbol
  • Neftali Manzambi at Soccerway
  • SFV U21 Profile
  • SFV U20 Profile
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