Glory Nzingo

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Glory Nzingo
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-04) 4 November 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Youth career
Mountview Boys
Castleknock Celtic
Home Farm
2016-2019 Cherry Orchard
2019–2021 St Patrick's Athletic
2021–2023 Stade de Reims
2023– Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Stade de Reims B 10 (0)
2023– Swansea City 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U15 5 (0)
2020 Republic of Ireland U16 4 (1)
2022 Republic of Ireland U19 3 (0)
2024– Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Glory Nzingo (born 4 November 2004) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Swansea City.

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Club career

Born in Dublin, Nzingo played for the youth sides of Mountview Boys, Castleknock Celtic, Home Farm and Cherry Orchard, before a move to St Patrick's Athletic in January 2019. [1] [2] He made his senior debut for St Pat's in a 4–0 pre-season friendly loss to English side Chelsea, at the age of fourteen. [3] [4] In 2020, he was named Football Association of Ireland under-15 player of the year. [1]

In June 2021, French side Stade Rennais launched a bid for Nzingo. [1] However, he went on to join fellow French side Stade de Reims in July of the same year. [5]

On 22 June 2023, it was announced that Nzingo had signed for the academy of Swansea City for an undisclosed fee. [6]

International career

Nzingo has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international level. [7] In 2020 Nzingo was named U15 International Player of the Year at the annual FAI International Awards. In November 2024, he received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for their two friendlies against Sweden U21 in Marbella, Spain. [8] He made his debut in a 2–0 defeat to Sweden on 14 November 2024. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 20 January 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stade de Reims B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 60——0060
2022–23 40——0040
Total100——00100
Swansea City 2023–24 EFL Championship 0000002 [a] 020
Career total100000020120

Notes

  1. ↑ Appearances in the Welsh League Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Fallon, John (26 June 2021). "French club Rennes make offer for St Pat's star". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Dempsey, Andrew (9 July 2021). "Highly-Regarded St Patrick's Athletic Teenager Makes Intriguing Ligue 1 Move". balls.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nzingo, 15 [sic], makes Saints debut in defeat to Chelsea". rte.ie. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Donnelly, David (7 February 2022). "France-based former Saint Glory Nzingo among 24 called up for Ireland under-19 training camp". dublinlive.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Glory Nzingo intègre l'Académie SDR" [Glory Nzingo joins the SDR Academy]. stade-de-reims.com (in French). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Glory Nzingo joins Swansea City Academy | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  7. ↑ Glory Nzingo at WorldFootball.net
  8. ↑ https://www.fai.ie/latest/jim-crawford-names-under-21-squad-sweden-friendlies/
  9. ↑ https://www.fai.ie/latest/report-sweden-u21-2-0-ireland-u21/
  10. ↑ Glory Nzingo at Soccerway
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