Glody Likonza

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Glody Likonza
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 USM Alger
Number 11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2024 TP Mazembe 110 (12)
2021–2022 → Standard Liège (loan) 0 (0)
2024– USM Alger 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– DR Congo 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:32, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Glody Likonza (born 10 May 1998) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club USM Alger and the DR Congo national team.

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Professional career

Likonza began his senior career with the Congolese club Mazembe in the Linafoot. He joined the Belgian club Standard Liège on a one-year loan with option to buy on 30 August 2021. [1] On 31 January 2022, the loan was terminated early without him making any appearances for Standard. [2] On July 23, 2024, USM Alger announced the recruitment of Glody Likonza who has signed for a period of three seasons. The Egyptian Zamalek SC and the Club Africain of Tunis tried to offer the services of the vice-captain of TP Mazembe, but the USMA was quicker in materializing with Likonza, while he was expected in Tunis to finalize his contract with the most popular club in Tunisia. [3] [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2024 [5]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TP Mazembe 2017–18 Linafoot 00002 [lower-alpha 1] 0—20
2018–19000010 [lower-alpha 1] 0—100
2019–20000010 [lower-alpha 1] 0—100
2020–210000——00
2021–2200008 [lower-alpha 2] 1—81
2022–2300008 [lower-alpha 3] 0—80
2023–24000014 [lower-alpha 4] 3—143
Total0000524—524
USM Alger 2024–25 Ligue 1 00000 [lower-alpha 2] 0—00
Career total0000524—524
  1. 1 2 3 All appearance(s) in Champions League
  2. 1 2 All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ↑ 6 appearances in CAF Confederation Cup, 2 appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. ↑ 2 appearances in African Football League, 12 appearances and 3 goals in CAF Champions League

International career

Likonza made his debut with the DR Congo national team in a 3–2 friendly loss to Rwanda on 18 September 2019. [6]

Honours

TP Mazembe

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References

  1. ↑ "Glody Likonza, nouveau venu au Standard, a enfin pu participer à un entraînement!". Édition digitale de Liège. 8 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Glody LIKONZA terug naar TP Mazembe" (Press release) (in Dutch). Standard Liège. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "USMA: Soustara s'offre deux joueurs du TP Mazembe (Officiel)". Competition. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "USM Alger : Liconza et Mondeco rejoignent les Rouge et Noir". La Gazette du Fennec. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Glody Likonza at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "DR Congo vs. Rwanda (2:3)". www.national-football-teams.com.
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