Christopher Mandiangu
Personal information
Full name Christopher-Massamba Mandiangu[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Youth career
Polizei SV
2002–2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 5 (0)
2012–2013 MSV Duisburg II 26 (1)
2013–2014 TSG Neustrelitz 20 (1)
2014–2015 Dynamo Berliner 9 (1)
2015 FC Eindhoven 12 (2)
2016 Hamilton Academical 0 (0)
2016 Žilina 4 (0)
2016 MŠK Žilina II 14 (3)
2017 Blau-Weiß Linz 8 (0)
2017 Gandzasar Kapan 2 (0)
2017 Hapoel Kfar Saba 7 (0)
2018 Jaro 23 (8)
2018–2019 Septemvri Sofia 12 (5)
2019–2020 Widzew Łódź 25 (4)
2020 Vllaznia Shkodër 0 (0)
International career
Germany U15
Germany U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Christopher-Massamba Mandiangu (born 8 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Early and personal life

Mandiangu was born in Kinshasa, Zaire; his family emigrated to Mönchengladbach in Germany shortly after his birth.[2]

Club career

Mandiangu began his career with Polizei SV before moving to the youth team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002.[2] In July 2007, he moved out of his family's home and into the Borussia Mönchengladbach boarding school.[2]

Mandiangu spent his early senior career with Borussia Mönchengladbach II, MSV Duisburg II and TSG Neustrelitz.[1] He moved to Berliner FC Dynamo in May 2014.[3] He left the club by mutual consent in March 2015,[4] and then signed for Dutch club FC Eindhoven on an amateur basis.[5]

In December 2015, it was announced that Mandiangu would sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.[6] After training with the club for three weeks, the deal completed in January 2016, with the contract running until the end of the 2015–16 season.[7] In May 2016, it was announced that he would leave Hamilton at the end of the 2015–16 season.[8]

In May 2016, Mandiangu signed with Slovak club MŠK Žilina on a two-year contract.[9] He moved to Austrian club Blau-Weiß Linz in January 2017.[10] Six-months later, Mandiangu joined Gandzasar Kapan.[11]

On 1 September 2017 signed to Hapoel Kfar Saba.[12]

Kokkolan PV announced on 10 December 2018, that they had signed Mandiangu for the 2019 season.[13]

In August 2020 he signed for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër.[14]

International career

Mandiangu represented Germany at under-15,[2] and under-18 youth levels,[6] making a total of 22 youth international appearances.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 August 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2011–12[1] Regionalliga 5000000050
MSV Duisburg II 2012–13[1] Regionalliga 261000000261
TSG Neustrelitz 2013–14[1] Regionalliga 201000000201
Berliner FC Dynamo 2014–15[1] Regionalliga 9100000091
FC Eindhoven 2015–16[1] Eerste Divisie 122100000132
Hamilton Academical 2015–16[15] Scottish Premiership 0010000010
MŠK Žilina 2016–17[1] Slovak Super Liga 4000000040
MŠK Žilina II 2016–17[1] 2. Liga 143000000143
Blau-Weiß Linz 2016–17[1] Austrian First League 8000000080
Gandzasar Kapan 2017–18[1] Armenian Premier League 20002040
Career total 10082000201048

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Christopher Mandiangu at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Karsten Kellermann (20 June 2007). "Echter Gladbacher aus dem Kongo" (in German). RP-Online. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. "BFC Dynamo verpflichtet Mandiangu aus Neustrelitz" (in German). FuPa. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. René Miller (20 March 2015). "Einvernehmlich BFC Dynamo trennt sich von Christopher Mandiangu" (in German). Berliner Kurier. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Christopher Mandiangu op amateurbasis naar FC Eindhoven" (in Dutch). FC Eindhoven. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 Kenny Crawford (12 December 2015). "Christopher Mandiangu: Hamilton to sign former Germany youth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. "Christopher Mandiangu: Hamilton sign up former Germany youth". BBC Sport. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  8. "Trio released by Hamilton as they eye Carlton Morris return". BBC Sport. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  9. "Žilinu posilnil niekdajší nemecký mládežnícky reprezentant" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. Jürgen Philipp (20 January 2017). "Neuzugang: Mandiangu" (in German). FC Blau-Weiß Linz. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. "Гандзасар-Капан подписал экс-полузащитника юношеской сборной Германии". armfootball.com (in Russian). Armfootball. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  12. Doron Ben Dor (1 September 2017). "תוספת כוח: כריסטופר מנדיאנגו חתם בהפועל כפ"ס" (in Hebrew). One. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  13. SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Christopher Mandiangu siirtyy KPV paitaan Archived 10 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, kpv.fi, 10 December 2018
  14. Sport, Shkodra (28 August 2020). "Vllaznia firmos me Christopher Mandiangu".
  15. "Games played by Christopher Mandiangu in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 January 2016.


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