Shabani Nonda

Shabani Nonda

Nonda playing for Galatasaray in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Shabani Christophe Nonda
Date of birth	(1977-03-06) 6 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Bujumbura, Burundi
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1990–1992	Atlético Olympic
1993–1994	Young Africans
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Vaal Professionals	14	(9)
1996–1998	FC Zürich	75	(36)
1998–2000	Rennes	62	(31)
2000–2005	Monaco	116	(57)
2005–2007	Roma	15	(4)
2006–2007	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	26	(7)
2007–2010	Galatasaray	61	(22)
Total		369	(166)
International career
2000–2010	DR Congo	36	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shabani Christophe Nonda (born 6 March 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Burundi, he played for the DR Congo national team, earning 36 caps and scoring 20 goals. He was selected for DR Congo's squad for the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations. He had a prominent Career with the East African giants Young Africans (Yanga), before joining Vaal professionals in South Africa.

Club career

Born in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nonda began his career at Atlético Olympic^[1] in 1992. After training in Uganda with Mbarara F.C. then playing in Tanzania with Young Africans and in South Africa with Vaal Professionals, he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman who then placed Nonda in Switzerland with FC Zürich in 1996 for a transfer fee of US$150,000.^{[citation needed]}

After finishing top goalscorer in Switzerland two years running he was transferred to French side Stade Rennais in 1998 for a record fee of US$9 million dollars,^{[citation needed]} and later moved to AS Monaco in 2000 again for €20 million, to replace David Trezeguet.^[2] His performances, including those in the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, earned him a move to Serie A club A.S. Roma on a three-year deal in 2005, for which he earned €1.8 million in gross per season. (however the tax rate including regional tax may have added up to around 50%)^[3][4] However, he never lived up to his potential – partly due to a knee injury sustained while at Monaco – and spent the 2006–07 season on loan at English side Blackburn Rovers.^[5] While at Blackburn, Nonda announced his intention to sign a permanent deal,^[6] Blackburn opted not to sign Nonda on a permanent deal and^[7] he later signed for Turkish club Galatasaray in August 2007 on a two-year deal.^[8] On 28 January 2010, Galatasaray released him by mutual consent.

International career

Though he was born in Burundi, Nonda holds citizenship from Democratic Republic of the Congo and to date 36 international caps for the country, with 20 goals since 2000.^[2] He retired from international football in 2005, and returned in 2007.^[9] He scored a hat-trick against Djibouti in World Cup Qualifications in 2008.

Outside football

Media personality

Throughout his footballing career, Nonda has hosted a DJ show for a Burundian radio station.

Commitment

Nonda is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Zürich	1995–96	Nationalliga A	10	4	—		—		—		—		10	4
	1996–97		31	8	—		—		—		—		31	8
	1997–98		34	24	1	0	—		—		—		35	24
	Total		75	36	1	0	—		—		—		76	36
Rennes	1998–99	Division 1	32	15	1	1	3	2	—		—		36	18
	1999–2000		30	16	4	1	1	0	6[c]	2	—		41	19
	Total		62	31	5	2	4	2	6	2	—		77	37
Monaco	2000–01	Division 1	29	12	0	0	3	1	5[d]	3	—		37	16
	2001–02		30	14	2	0	2	3	—		—		34	17
	2002–03	Ligue 1	35	26	1	1	4	1	—		—		40	28
	2003–04		12	5	0	0	0	0	4[d]	1	—		16	6
	2004–05		10	0	3	0	2	0	3[d]	0	—		18	0
	Total		116	57	6	1	11	5	12	4	—		145	67
Roma	2005–06	Serie A	15	4	2	2	—		5[e]	2	—		22	8
Blackburn Rovers (loan)	2006–07	Premier League	26	7	2	0	1	0	7[e]	1	—		36	8
Galatasaray	2007–08	Süper Lig	24	11	3	0	—		6[e]	3	—		33	14
	2008–09		24	4	1	0	—		9[f]	2	1[g]	1	35	7
	2009–10		13	7	4	2	—		7[h]	7	—		24	16
	Total		61	22	8	2	—		22	12	1	1	92	37
Career total			355	157	24	7	16	7	52	21	1	1	448	193

1. Includes Swiss Cup, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Turkish Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Two appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Cup
7. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Monaco

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2002–03; runner-up: 2000–01
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04

Roma

• Supercoppa Italiana: 2007

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 2007–08
• Turkish Super Cup: 2008

Individual

• Swiss Super League top scorer: 1997–98 (24 goals)
• Swiss Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1997–98
• Ligue 1 top scorer: 2002–03 (26 goals)
• Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2002–03^[10]

References

1. Shabani Nonda at National-Football-Teams.com
2. "Nonda Shabani Fondation : NOSHAF". noshaf.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
3. "AS Roma - Official Website - Rome - Football - Soccer" (PDF). www.asroma.it. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
4. "Nonda signs for Roma". BBC. 11 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
5. "Rovers take Roma striker on loan". BBC. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
6. "I want to stay in England - Nonda". BBC. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
7. Paul Fletcher (22 June 2007). "Blackburn in fight to keep Nonda". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
8. Ibrahim Sannie (31 August 2007). "Shabani Nonda moves to Galatasary". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
9. "Nonda set to return for DR Congo". BBC. 20 August 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
10. ABI. "Palmares Trophées UNFP - Oscars du football - Equipe-type de Ligue 1 ( > Football > Trophées > Trophées UNFP - Oscars du foot) sur SportPalmares, tous les palmares du sport se trouvent ici !!". www.sportpalmares.eu. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

External links

• Shabani Nonda at the Turkish Football Federation
• Shabani Nonda – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Shabani Nonda at National-Football-Teams.com
• Shabani Nonda at Soccerbase
• Shabani Nonda at IMDb