Saidi Ntibazonkiza

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Personal information
Full name Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Date of birth (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Bujumbura, Burundi
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Simba
Number 10
Youth career
Vital'O
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Vital'O 67 (44)
2006–2010 NEC 63 (10)
2010–2014 Cracovia 85 (17)
2014–2015 Akhisar Belediyespor 13 (1)
2015–2016 Caen 14 (1)
2015 Caen B 4 (1)
2017 Kaysar Kyzylorda 10 (2)
2020 Vital'O
2020–2022 Young Africans
2022 Geita Gold (7)
2023– Simba (16)
International career‡
2004– Burundi [1] 28 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:15, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2023

Saidi Ntibazonkiza Likati (born 3 January 1984) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tanzanian Premier League club Simba and the Burundi national team.

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Career

Club

Ntibazonkiza started to play football at Vital'O. As an asylum seeker, he came to the Netherlands in 2005. [2] NEC was the nearest professional football club, and because of that, he trained with their youth team. Eventually, NEC signed him on a permanent deal. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he began playing for the youth team, but was shortly thereafter promoted to the first-team squad. On 18 November 2006, against Sparta Rotterdam, Ntibazonkiza played his first game in the Eredivisie. [3] After receiving a Dutch residence permit, Ntibazonkiza signed a contract binding him to NEC until the summer of 2009. He also signed another contract extension until 2012 in January 2009. [4]

On 10 February 2017, Ntibazonkiza signed for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kaysar Kyzylorda. [5]

After being released by Kaysar Kyzylorda, Ntibazonkiza returned to his first club, Burundian side Vital'O. [6]

International career

Ntibazonkiza played for several Burundian youth teams, and for his national squad. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 June 2017 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NEC 2006–07 Eredivisie 70–––70
2007–08 60–––60
2008–09 285–––285
2009–10 22520–––245
Total631020–––6510
Cracovia 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 27520–––295
2011–12 21300–––213
2012–13 I liga 5000–––50
2013–14 Ekstraklasa 29810–––308
Total851730–––8817
Akhisar Belediyespor 2014–15 Süper Lig 13131–––162
Caen 2015–16 Ligue 1 1410000––141
Caen II 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur 2 410000––41
Kaisar 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 10200–––102
Career total189328100000019733

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 March 2021. [7]

Burundi
YearAppsGoals
200462
201010
201161
201220
201432
201512
202034
202111
Total2312

International goals

As of 26 March 2021. [7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 December 2004 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2–03–1 2004 CECAFA Cup
2.22 December 2004Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–02–1
3.5 June 2011 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, BurundiFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2–13–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.5 March 20141–11–1 Friendly
5.7 September 2014Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–02–0
6.25 March 2015 Stade George V, Curepipe, MauritiusFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1–12–2
7.2–2
8.11 October 2020 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1–01–0
9.11 November 2020 Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, MauritaniaFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1–11–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.15 November 2020Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi1–03–1
11.3–1
12.26 March 2021Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1–22–2

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  4. ↑ "UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Саиди Нтибазонкиза игрок ФК Кайсар". fckaysar.kz (in Russian). FC Kaisar. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Ingabire, Arsene (27 February 2020). "Intamba : probable retour du légendaire Ntibazonkiza, les fans jubilent". jimbere.org. Jimbere. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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