Johan Manzambi

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Johan Manzambi
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 44
Youth career
–2023 Servette
2023 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– SC Freiburg II 19 (3)
2024– SC Freiburg 2 (0)
International career‡
2023 Switzerland U18 7 (0)
2023–2024 Switzerland U19 11 (0)
2024– Switzerland U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024

Johan Manzambi (born 14 October 2005) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Freiburg.

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Early life

Manzami was born on 24 October 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. He started playing football at the age of four. [1]

Club career

As a youth player, Manzami joined the youth academy of Swiss side Servette. In 2023, he joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side SC Freiburg and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2024 before being promoted to the first team the same year. On 21 August 2024, he debuted for them during a 3–0 away loss to 1. FC Heidenheim in the league. [2]

Style of play

Manzami plays as a midfielder and is right-footed. Swiss newspaper Blick wrote in 2024 that he is a "fast box-to-box player who is dynamic and energetic". [3]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2023–24 3. Liga 102——102
2024–25 Regionalliga Südwest 91——91
Total193——193
SC Freiburg 2024–25 Bundesliga 2000—20
Career total2130000213

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    References

    1. ↑ ""Genau am richtigen Ort"" ["Exactly in the right place"] (in German). SC Freiburg. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
    2. ↑ "L'espoir genevois Johan Manzambi a fait ses débuts en Bundesliga" [Geneva hopeful Johan Manzambi made his Bundesliga debut] (in French). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
    3. ↑ "Drei junge Schweizer auf dem Weg, die Bundesliga zu erobern" [Three young Swiss on their way to conquering the Bundesliga] (in German). Blick. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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