Budge Manzia (born 24 September 1994)[1] is a Congolese international football player who currently plays for SFC Opava. He has represented DR Congo internationally.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 27)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire[2] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SFC Opava | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sharks XI | |||
2013–2014 | Étoile du Sahel | 3 | (1) |
2014–2017 | Dukla Prague | 16 | (2) |
2015 | → Baník Sokolov (loan) | 12 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | (2) |
2019– | SFC Opava | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | DR Congo | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2015 |
At club level, Manzia played in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for Étoile du Sahel before moving to the Czech Republic to join FK Dukla Prague in January 2014.[4] He joined Baník Sokolov of the second league on loan in July 2015.[5] He scored in their first game of the 2015–16 Czech National Football League, a 1–0 win against FK Pardubice.[6] Manzia scored a hattrick in Sokolov's 3–0 win against Varnsdorf in November 2015 before his loan spell expired.[7] In April 2016, Manzia scored his first Czech First League goal in a 2–2 draw at Mladá Boleslav. He scored the second goal of the game in the 11th minute after a cross from Jakub Mareš, having provided the pass to Mareš for the first goal earlier in the game.[8] In the winter break of the 2016–17 season, Manzia joined second-tier side SK Sigma Olomouc, signing a 2+1⁄2-year contract.[9]
Manzia represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a friendly versus Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012.[10] Following his debut he was named in the Congolese squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations but did not play.[11] He was also named in the Congolese squad for 2013 African U-20 Championship.
DR Congo squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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