Bwanga Tshimen
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Élisabethville, Belgian Congo | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965-1981 | TP Mazembe | ||
| International career | |||
| 1970–1976 | Zaire[1] | 28 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu[2] (born 4 January 1949 in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo) is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bwanga won the 1973 African Footballer of the Year while with TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi. During his playing days in the early and mid 1970s he was nicknamed "Black Beckenbauer" by the African and French press due to his playing style.[3]
Bwanga was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000.[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5]
He is the cousin of fellow footballer Kazadi Mwamba.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
- ^ "Raymond BWANGA, Ballon d'Or africain 1973". TP Mazembe official website (in French). Redaction. 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Eto'o joins the greats". BBC Sport. 4 May 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ Arruda, Marcelo Leme de. "IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Century for many countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Bwanga Tshimen – FIFA competition record (archived)
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