Parfait Mandanda

Parfait Mandanda
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Nevers, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Caen
Number 35
Youth career
1999–2001 Caen
2001–2008 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2009 → Beauvais (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Beauvais 1 (0)
2010–2011 Altay[1] 12 (0)
2011–2021 Charleroi 88 (0)
2019 → Dinamo București (loan) 12 (0)
2020 → Hartford Athletic (loan) 16 (0)
2021–2022 Mouscron 9 (0)
2023– Caen II 18 (0)
2024– Caen 0 (0)
International career
2007 France U21 1 (0)
2008–2019 DR Congo 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Parfait Mandanda (born 10 October 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Caen. Born in France, he represented DR Congo at international level.

Club career

Born in Nevers, Mandanda began his career at Stade Malherbe Caen, moving in 2001 to French Ligue 1 club Bordeaux in the youth system. He graduated to the first team in 2008. He was loaned out to AS Beauvais from Bordeaux in January 2009 for the rest of the season,[2] and in July 2009, Beauvais took up the option to make Madanda's move permanent. in 2010 he moved to Altay S.K., then playing in Turkish second division TFF First League.[3]

Charleroi

Mandanda signed with Belgian Pro League club Sporting Charleroi in 2011.[4][5] In February 2019, he joined Dinamo București on loan.[6]

Hartford

Charleroi loaned Mandanda to USL Championship club Hartford Athletic for the 2020 season.[7] In his first game with the club he recorded a shutout and an assist in the team's 1–0 win over New York Red Bulls II and was named man of the match.[8]

Mouscron

On 20 July 2021, he joined Mouscron for a one-year term with an option for the second year.[9]

International career

Mandanda was named in the Congo DR squad against France B on 5 February 2008.[10] Mandanda only played in the second half but missed out on a place in the history books as his older brother Steve Mandanda, also a goalkeeper and currently at Olympique de Marseille, only played in the first half for France.

Officially, he gained his first cap for DR Congo national football team against Gabon on 25 March 2008.[11]

Personal life

Parfait is the younger brother of French international and Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, and has two younger brothers. They are all goalkeepers: Riffi and Over Mandanda.[12]

Honours

DR Congo

References

  1. ^ Profile on Foot-National.com
  2. ^ "Parfait Mandanda à Beauvais". 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Details TFF".
  4. ^ "Hartford Athletic Acquires Goalkeeper Parfait Mandanda on Loan". 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Sporting Charleroi: Parfait Mandanda va se produire à Visé et à Mons". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ "OFICIAL. Parfait MANDANDA la Dinamo". FC Dinamo București. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. ^ "20 Questions with Mads Jørgensen". 30 May 2020.
  8. ^ "GAMEDAY REPORT: Hartford Edges Past Red Bulls II for Victory". 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Parfait Mandanda rejoint les rangs hurlus" (in French). Mouscron. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  10. ^ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Parfait MANDANDA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Parfait MANDANDA - Football : la fiche de Parfait MANDANDA (Charleroi SC)". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ Mandanda's dynasty Archived 4 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport.