Offrande Zanzala

Congolese footballer (born 1996)
Offrande Zanzala
Personal information
Full name Offrande Jolynold Serge Zanzala[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Brazzaville, Congo
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Newport County
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2015 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Derby County 0 (0)
2016 → Stevenage (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → Chester (loan) 4 (0)
2018 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 6 (1)
2018–2020 Accrington Stanley 51 (10)
2020–2021 Crewe Alexandra 5 (0)
2021 Carlisle United 22 (5)
2021–2022 Barrow 19 (3)
2022 → Exeter City (loan) 15 (2)
2022– Newport County 31 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Offrande Jolynold Serge Zanzala (born 13 December 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Newport County.

Career

Zanzala emigrated with his family from the Republic of the Congo to Austria in 1999 due to the Second Republic of the Congo Civil War.[3]

Derby County

Aged eight, he moved with his family to England, and, aged 12, signed with the Derby County Academy.[3] He was named as the Under-21 Premier League Player of the Month in October 2015 after scoring four goals in three youth team matches.[4] On 23 January 2016, he joined League Two side Stevenage on a one-month loan.[5] He made his debut in the Football League later that day, playing the first 67 minutes of a draw with Barnet at Broadhall Way.[6] In February 2017, Zanzala signed a contract extension keeping him with the Rams until 2019.[7]

Zanzala joined National League club Chester on loan in October 2017.[8] He returned to Derby the following month after the expiry of his loan.[9] In January 2018 he was loaned out again, to Accrington Stanley in League Two.[10] He scored his first professional goal on 21 April 2018, an injury-time penalty after he had been fouled, in a 0–4 win at Wycombe Wanderers.[11]

Accrington Stanley

On 2 August 2018, Zanzala rejoined Accrington, this time on a permanent deal, signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[12] On 24 June 2020 it was announced Zanzala was leaving Accrington Stanley, having scored eight goals in his second season at the club.[13]

Crewe Alexandra

On 1 July 2020, Crewe Alexandra announced Zanzala had joined the club on a one-year deal with the option of a second year.[14] He made his Crewe debut in a 3–2 victory at Bolton Wanderers in an EFL Trophy group game on 8 September 2020.[15] He scored his only goal for Crewe on 10 November 2020 in an EFL Trophy group game against Shrewsbury Town.[16] On 2 January 2021 it was confirmed that Zanzala had been released by Crewe by mutual consent.[17]

Carlisle United

On 8 January 2021 he signed for Carlisle United.[18] At the end of the season, Zanzala was offered a new contract with the club.[19]

Barrow

On 7 June 2021, Zanzala joined Barrow on a two-year contract.[20] On 10 January 2022, Zanzala joined EFL League Two side Exeter City on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[21] Zanzala was part of the Exeter team that achieved promotion as League Two runners-up.[22]

On 11 June 2022, Zanzala had his contract terminated by mutual consent.[23]

Newport County

On 21 June 2022, Zanzala joined Newport County on a one year contract.[24] He made his debut for Newport on 30 July 2022 in the starting line up for the 1–1 League Two draw against Sutton United.[25] After just two League Two matches Zanzala suffered a serious injury which ruled him out until December 2022.[26] He scored his first goal for Newport on 2 December 2022 on his return to the team as a second half substitute in the 2–1 League Two win against Crewe Alexandra.[27] In April 2023 Zanzala was again ruled out with another serious injury[28] and he did not return to the Newport team until March 2024.[29]

Personal life

Zanzala has three brothers. He is a devout Christian who prays before every game.[30] He went to school with Kwame Thomas and the two are still good friends,[31] as they both began their pro careers with Derby.

Career statistics

As of match played 4 January 2024
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[32] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derby County 2015–16[33] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18[34] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stevenage (loan) 2015–16[33] League Two 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chester (loan) 2017–18[34] National League 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2017–18[34] League One 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Accrington Stanley 2018–19[35] League One 27 4 1 1 1 0 3[a] 1 32 6
2019–20[36] League One 24 6 0 0 0 0 4[a] 2 28 8
Total 51 10 1 1 1 0 7 3 60 14
Crewe Alexandra 2020–21[37] League One 5 0 1 0 0 0 4[a] 1 10 1
Carlisle United 2020–21[37] League Two 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5
Barrow 2021–22[38] League Two 19 3 3 1 2 0 3[a] 1 27 5
Exeter City (loan) 2021–22[39] League Two 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Newport County 2022–23[40] League Two 15 3 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 17 3
Career total 139 24 6 2 4 0 15 5 164 31
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Exeter City

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Crewe Alexandra" (PDF). English Football League. p. 25. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Offrande Zancala". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Offrande Zanzala: 'Derby Gave Me A Chance After I Felt My Dream Was Gone'". dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Rams starlet Offrande Zanzala named Barclays U21 Premier League player of the month". Derby Telegraph. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Stevenage sign Deimantas Petravicius and Offrande Zanzala". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Stevenage's winless streak stretched to seven games after they were held to a draw by Barnet in League Two". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Offrande Zanzala Signs New Derby County Contract". dcfc.co.uk.
  8. ^ Powell, Dave (14 October 2017). "Derby County youngster Offrande Zanzala joins Chester FC on loan". The Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ^ Wakefield, Mark (16 November 2017). "Derby striker returns to club after loan spell". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Offrande Zanzala: Accrington Stanley sign Derby striker and Akeel Francis". BBC Sport. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 0–4 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Offrande Zanzala: Derby County forward joins Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  13. ^ Accrington Stanley: Retained list, 24 June 2020/
  14. ^ Powell, Dave (1 July 2020). "Crewe Alex seal deal for striker Offrande Zanzala from Accrington Stanley". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Crewe Alexandra". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Crewe 3–4 Shrewsbury". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Zanzala Leaves Club By Mutual Consent". CreweAlex.net. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Carlisle sign ex-Crewe striker Zanzala". BBC Sport.
  19. ^ "CLUB: Retained and released list 20/21". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Offrande Zanzala Joins The Bluebirds". www.barrowafc.com. 7 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Offrande Zanzala joins Exeter City on loan". Barrow AFC. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Exeter City win promotion from League Two". BBC Sport. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Offrande Zanzala Leaves The Bluebirds". www.barrowafc.com. 11 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Offrande Zanzala becomes signing number six!". www.newport-county.co.uk. 21 June 2022.
  25. ^ Newport debut
  26. ^ Zanzala injury
  27. ^ Zanzala first Newport goal
  28. ^ Zanzala injured again
  29. ^ Zanzala Newport return again
  30. ^ Baines, Ollie (25 August 2016). "Surviving in the jungle away from war to joining exeter city Offrande Zanzala: "God is my everything"". Cross The Line. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  31. ^ Baines, Ollie (21 August 2016). "Coventry City and England U20 international, Kwame Thomas: "Jesus is the source of my success"". Cross The Line. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  32. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy.
  33. ^ a b "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  34. ^ a b c "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  35. ^ "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  36. ^ "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  37. ^ a b "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  38. ^ "Congo - O. Zanzala - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  39. ^ "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  40. ^ "Games played by Offrande Zanzala in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  41. ^ "Port Vale end Exeter's League two title hopes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

External links

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