Jonas Bahamboula

Jonas "Tostao" Bahamboula

Personal information
Full name	Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba
Date of birth	(1949-02-02) 2 February 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Brazzaville, Middle Congo
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1987	Diables Noirs
International career
1969–1982	People's Republic of the Congo [1]	56	(13)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Congo Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1972 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba (born 2 February 1949), nicknamed Tostao, is a former Congolese international football winger.

Career

Born in Brazzaville, Bahamboula spent his entire career playing club football for local side Diables Noirs.

With the Congo national football team, Bahamboula won the 1972 African Cup of Nations. He also played at the 1974 and 1978 African Cup of Nations finals. ^[2]

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years. ^[3]

Honours

People's Republic of the Congo

• African Cup of Nations: 1972 ^[4]

References

Cited sources

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
2. "Congo Who's who" (in French). Congo-site.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
3. "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
4. "African Cup of Nations 1972-Congo Squad" (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

Further reading

• M'Passi, Louis Aimé (2009). Mbemba Jonas Tostao : La légende du meilleur footballeur du Congo Brazzaville (in French). Edilivre-Aparis. ISBN   2-8121-2103-3.

External links

• Profile at RFI.fr. Archived 2010-01-20 at the Wayback Machine .