Parfait_Mandanda
Parfait Mandanda
Footballer (born 1989)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1989-10-10) 10 October 1989 (age 34) | ||
| 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 | 10 | (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 13 January 2024 | |||
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]
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]
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]
DR Congo
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015[13]
- "Parfait Mandanda à Beauvais". 11 January 2021.
- "Hartford Athletic Acquires Goalkeeper Parfait Mandanda on Loan". 20 February 2020.
- "Sporting Charleroi: Parfait Mandanda va se produire à Visé et à Mons". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- "OFICIAL. Parfait MANDANDA la Dinamo". FC Dinamo București. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "20 Questions with Mads Jørgensen". 30 May 2020.
- "Parfait Mandanda rejoint les rangs hurlus" (in French). Mouscron. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Parfait MANDANDA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- "Parfait MANDANDA - Football : la fiche de Parfait MANDANDA (Charleroi SC)". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- Mandanda's dynasty Archived 4 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "DR Congo Nations Cup squad finalised". BBC Sport.
- Parfait Mandanda at WorldFootball.net
- Parfait Mandanda at the Turkish Football Federation
- Parfait Mandanda at Soccerway
- Parfait Mandanda at USL Championship