Isaac Matondo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, DR Congo | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Koper | ||
Number | 45 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | AS Chantepie | ||
2010–2017 | Rennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Rennes B | 60 | (13) |
2021 | Sion | 0 | (0) |
2022 | Fougères | 12 | (10) |
2022–2023 | Les Herbiers | 29 | (16) |
2023–2024 | Concarneau | 29 | (1) |
2024– | Koper | 4 | (1) |
International career | |||
2017–2018 | France U19 | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | France U20 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:38, 27 October 2024 (UTC) |
Isaac Matondo (born 24 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Koper. Born in DR Congo, he represented France at youth international level.
Club career
[edit]Matondo was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo. He moved to France in 2009,[2] soon joining the academy of Rennes after initially playing for nearby club AS Chantepie.[1] He made his way through Rennes's youth ranks, eventually playing for the club's reserve side starting in 2017. In January 2019, he made his first appearance on the teamsheet for Rennes's senior team in a Coupe de France match.[2]
In 2021, Matondo joined Swiss club Sion on a four-year contract. However, he terminated his contract after not being able to play for the first team due to the high number of foreign players at the club.[3] In January 2022, Matondo signed for Championnat National 3 club Fougères on a contract until the end of the season.[3] Following "good performances" during which he scored ten goals and provided two assists in twelve league games, he signed for Championnat National 2 club Les Herbiers in June 2022.[4][5] In the 2022–23 season with Les Herbiers, Matondo scored sixteen goals in twenty-nine matches, and was considered a "revelation".[4]
On 24 June 2023, Matondo signed for Ligue 2 club Concarneau on a two-year deal.[5][6] He made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Bastia on 5 August 2023.[7]
On 5 September 2024, Matondo signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Koper.[8]
International career
[edit]Matondo holds both French and DR Congolese nationalities.[9]
He made his debut for the France under-19s in July 2017, eventually scoring three goals in ten matches for the team. He played seven matches for the under-20s from September 2018 to March 2019.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Isaac Matondo at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- ^ a b "Isaac MATONDO". Rougememoire.com (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Mercato. L'ancien du Stade Rennais Isaac Matondo rejoint Fougères". Ouest-France (in French). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b Penet, Joel (20 April 2023). "National 2. Isaac Matondo se révèle avec Les Herbiers". Foot Amateur (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Isaac Matondo rejoint les Thoniers" (in French). US Concarneau. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Ligue 2. L'Herbretais Isaac Matondo, première recrue estivale de l'US Concarneau". Ouest-France (in French). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Concarneau vs. Bastia". Soccerway. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Koper confirmed the arrival of former young French representative: Isaac Matondo will also prove himself at Bonifika - Planet Nogomet". 5 September 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Isaac MATONDO". unfp.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Isaac Matondo at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kinshasa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to France
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- FC Sion players
- Les Herbiers VF players
- US Concarneau players
- FC Koper players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia