Riffi Mandanda

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Riffi Mandanda
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Mandanda with Ajaccio in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth Evreux, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2015 Caen 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Tarbes (loan) 27 (0)
2012 → Poiré-sur-Vie (loan) 0 (0)
2013 → Compiègne (loan) 20 (0)
2013–2014 → Uzès Pont du Gard (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2018 Ajaccio 55 (0)
2018–2020 Boulogne 47 (0)
2020 Rennes 0 (0)
2020 Kongsvinger 16 (0)
2021–2022 Créteil 28 (0)
International career
2009-2010 France U18 5 [1] (0)
2010 France U19 1 [2] (0)
2013 DR Congo U20 [3] 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:09, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Riffi Mandanda (born 11 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in France, he is a former youth international for France and DR Congo. [4]

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Club career

Mandanda is a youth product of Caen, though he was never offered a spot in the club's first team. After making his debut in the French lower divisions on loans, Mandanda joined Ajaccio in 2015, as a backup for Anthony Scribe. [5] He made his full professional debut a few months later, in a 3–0 Ligue 2 defeat against Nancy. [6]

In February 2020, Mandanda joined Rennes on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season. [7] He left the club at the expiration of his contract in summer 2020. [8]

On 7 September 2020, Mandanda signed with Norwegian club Kongsvinger IL that plays in the second tier 1. divisjon. [9] In July 2021, he joined Créteil in the Championnat National. [10]

International career

Mandanda played five matches with the France U18 team and one with the France U19 before playing four matches with Congo DR under-20. In November 2019 he was called up by the DR Congo national team, but did not make the team's roster for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. [11]

Personal life

Mandanda is the younger brother of France international goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and DR Congo international goalkeeper Parfait Mandanda. [12] His younger brother Over Mandanda signed with Ligue 1 club Bordeaux in July 2017. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Goalkeeping Riffi Mandanda dropped". BBC Sport. 5 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Goalkeeping Riffi Mandanda dropped". BBC Sport. 5 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Entretien vidéo avec Riffi Mandanda, international espoir congolais | Congobilili.com". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les Archives du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com.
  5. ↑ "Riffi Mandanda s'est engagé" (in French). ac-ajaccio.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "AS Nancy Lorraine vs. AC Ajaccio" (in French). lfp.fr. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Transferts : Riffi Mandanda rejoint Rennes". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Riffi Mandanda, en fin de contrat, quitte le Stade Rennais FC". Actufoot (in French). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Actufoot • Actus du foot pro/Amateur".
  10. ↑ "RIFFI MANDANDA NOUVEAU PORTIER A L'USCL!" (in French). Créteil. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Goalkeeping Riffi Mandanda dropped". BBC Sport. 5 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mandanda : Riffi, au nom du grand frère Steve" (in French). ladepeche.fr. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "BOD vs LYN Dream11 Team Prediction Ligue 1 2020-21". 11 September 2020.
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