Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iyambo Mara Etshele | ||
Date of birth | [1] [2] | 28 September 1968||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
AS Kalamu | |||
1988–1993 | Gazélec Ajaccio | 127 | (6) |
1993–1994 | Valenciennes-Anzin | 26 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Lille | 11 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Le Havre | 8 | (0) |
1996–1998 | US Saint-Denis | 60 | (1) |
1999–2000 | CM Aubervilliers | ||
International career | |||
Zaire | 15+ | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iyambo Mara Etshele (born 28 September 1968) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a squad member of the Zaire national team at the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations. [3] [4] He was naturalized French in the early 1990s.
On 13 March 1990, while at French Division 3 club Gazélec Ajaccio, Etshele scored in his club's 3–1 loss against Marseille in the round of 16 of the 1989–90 Coupe de France. [5] At the end of the season, Gazélec Ajaccio achieved promotion to French Division 2. [5]
Etshele obtained French nationality during the 1991–92 season. [6]
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