Anthony Walongwa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Nantes, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | USSA Vertou | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2021 | Nantes II | 162 | (12) |
| 2014–2021 | Nantes | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Grenoble (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Fontenay | 33 | (0) |
| 2023– | USSA Vertou | 29 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | DR Congo U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2022 | |||
Anthony Walongwa (born 15 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championnat National 3 club USSA Vertou.[1] Born in France, he is a former DR Congo youth international.
Personal life
[edit]Walongwa was born in Nantes, in the west of France, to a father from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a mother from the Republic of Congo.[2] He holds French and Congolese nationalities.[3]
Club career
[edit]A youth product of Nantes, Walongwa made his professional debut in May 2016, in a 2–1 Ligue 1 defeat against Caen.[4]
International career
[edit]Walongwa represented the DR Congo U20s in the 2013 Toulon Tournament,[5] and the 2015 African U-20 Championship qualification.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Anthony Walongwa at Soccerway
- ^ Nantes, FC. "Groupe pro : Première pour Anthony Walongwa !". www.fcnantes.com.
- ^ "Anthony WALONGWA -". www.unfp.org.
- ^ "FC Nantes vs. SM Caen" (in French). lfp.fr. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les Archives du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Première pour Anthony Walongwa !" (in French). fcnantes.com. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Anthony Walongwa – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Anthony Walongwa foot-national.com Profile
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nantes
- Men's association football defenders
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's under-20 international footballers
- French men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo people of Republic of the Congo descent
- French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- FC Nantes players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- USSA Vertou players
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs