Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bienvenido Manga Ubenga | ||
Date of birth | 11 February 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Bata, Equatorial Guinea | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | No current club | ||
Youth career | |||
1978–1993 | VfR Neuss | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3 | (0) |
1996 | Wuppertaler SV | ||
1996–1997 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | ||
1997–2000 | Alemannia Aachen | 1 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Wormatia Worms | 11 | (1) |
2002–2003 | GFC Düren 09 | 22 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Alemannia Aachen | 21 | |
2005 | Alemannia Aachen II | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1990s | Equatorial Guinea | ||
Managerial career | |||
2003–2005 | Alemannia Aachen (D youth) | ||
2005–2008 | Alemannia Aachen (C youth) | ||
2008–2010 | Alemannia Aachen (U17) [1] | ||
2003–2011 | Alemannia Aachen (scout) | ||
2011–2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim (scout) | ||
2012–2016 | VfB Stuttgart (scout) | ||
2016–2022 | Eintracht Frankfurt (scout and squad planner) | ||
2022–2023 | Watford (technical director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bienvenido "Ben" Manga Ubenga (born 11 February 1974) is an Equatoguinean former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was technical director of Watford until October 2023
Manga was born in Bata. He managed three scoreless Bundesliga appearances for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 1995–96 season. [2]
In July 2016, Manga was appointed Chief Scout of Eintracht Frankfurt, [3] a role in which he held until 2021 when he also took on the role of Director of Football. [4] On 30 November 2022, he departed the club by mutual consent. [5]
On 22 December 2022, Manga was appointed technical director of EFL Championship club Watford. [6] Mangas only transfer window at Watford saw the hiring of Valerien Ismael as coach, and players like Mileta Rajkovic, Tom Ince, while some top performers left. He departed the club in October 2023. [7]
He lives in the English city of London and also holds German citizenship. Manga also worked as an auto mechanic. He has a cousin, Juan Oburu, who plays for TV Jahn Hiesfeld. [8]
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