Jonathan Zongo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan Sundy Zongo | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Almería | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ouagadougou | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | Ouagadougou | ||
2010–2013 | Almería B | 52 | (11) |
2011– | Almería | 74 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Burkina Faso | 17 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2015 |
Jonathan Sundy Zongo (born 6 April 1989) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería as a winger or forward.
Club career
Born in Ouagadougou, Zongo began his career with hometown club US Ouagadougou. In October 2010, aged not yet 18, he moved to Spain and joined UD Almería, being initially assigned to the reserve team in the third division. One month after arriving he suffered a knee injury, going on to miss several weeks.[1]
Zongo made his official debut with the Andalusians' main squad on 13 January 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute for Kalu Uche in a 1–0 home win against Deportivo de La Coruña for the season's Copa del Rey.[2] He played his first game in the second level on 29 January of the following year, against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[3]
Again coming from the bench, Zongo scored his first goals for Almería on 19 May, netting a late brace in a 2–0 home success over AD Alcorcón.[4] For the 2012–13 season he was promoted to the first team and appeared mostly from the bench in early games; however, in January, after the departures of Aarón Ñíguez and Leonardo Ulloa, he began being more utilized in manager Javi Gracia's starting XI, as a winger.
On 28 June 2013 Zongo was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad, with the side in La Liga.[5] In August, however, he declined a first-team contract, being again demoted to the reserves;[6] on 12 November he finally agreed to a deal, and extended his link until 2017.[7]
On 4 January 2013 Zongo played his first match in the Spanish top flight, featuring the last 19 minutes in a 3–0 home success over Granada CF[8] and becoming the first Burkinabé footballer to appear in the competition.[9] He scored his first league goal late in the month, netting the game's only in a win against Getafe CF also at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.[10]
On 16 December 2014, in a 2–1 home win against Real Betis, Zongo scored a goal from 50 meters, lobbing goalkeeper Dani Giménez.[11]
International career
On 7 August 2013 Zongo was called up to the Burkina Faso national team, for a friendly match with Morocco.[12] He made his international debut seven days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win;[13] on 21 May of the following year he scored his first international goal, the last in a 1–1 draw against Senegal.[14]
Statistics
Club
- As of 21 November 2015[15]
Club | Season | Competition | League | Cup | Other[i] | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Almería B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 18 | 6 | — | 18 | 6 | |||
2011–12 | 22 | 5 | — | 22 | 5 | |||||
2012–13 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
2013–14 | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
Total | 52 | 11 | — | 52 | 11 | |||||
Almería | 2010–11 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2011–12 | Segunda División | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | La Liga | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 3 | |||
2015–16 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 74 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 7 | ||
Career totals | 126 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 19 |
- ^ Including Segunda División play-offs.
International
- As of 13 June 2015[16]
Burkina Faso | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2013 | 4 | 0 |
2014 | 8 | 1 |
2015 | 5 | 3 |
Total | 17 | 4 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 May 2014 | Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso | Senegal | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly[14] |
2 | 10 January 2015 | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit | Eswatini | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly[17] |
3 | 13 January 2015 | Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit | Botswana | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly[18] |
4 | 13 June 2015 | Stade du 4-Août, Burkina Faso | Comoros | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 ACN qualifiers[19] |
References
- ^ Jonathan, operado por Ripoll, baja para ocho semanas en el Almería B (Jonathan, operated by Ripoll, out for eight weeks in Almería B); Ideal, 5 November 2010 Template:Es icon
- ^ Crónica del Almería-Deportivo de La Coruña, 1–0 (Almería-Deportivo de La Coruña match report, 1–0); Europa Press, 13 January 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ La fortuna del Almería mete en la UVI al Nàstic (Almería's luck sends Nàstic to Intensive Care); Marca, 29 January 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Jonathan mete otra vez al Almería en la lucha (Jonathan puts Almería back in the hunt); Marca, 19 May 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Dieciséis jugadores tienen actualmente contrato en vigor con la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Sixteen players actually have a contract with Almería's first team); Almería's official website, 28 June 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Jonathan se incorpora al filial (Jonathan signs with the reserves); Almería's official website, 18 August 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Jonathan se incorpora a la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Jonathan joins UD Almería's first team); Almería's official website, 12 November 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Almeria in cruise control; ESPN FC, 4 January 2014
- ^ Zongo, primer jugador de Burkina Faso en Primera (Zongo, first Burkina Faso player in Primera); Diario AS, 7 January 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ Almeria 1 Getafe 0; ESPN FC, 26 January 2014
- ^ 2–1: El Almería sella su pase con un golazo de Zongo (2–1: Almería goes through with a great goal from Zongo); El Mundo Deportivo, 16 December 2014 Template:Es icon
- ^ Jonathan, convocado por la selección absoluta de su país (Jonathan, called up by his country's full side); Almería's official website, 7 August 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ Amical: Le Burkina Faso surprend le Maroc (Friendly: Burkina Faso surprises Morocco); Afrik Foot, 15 August 2013 Template:Fr icon
- ^ a b Match Amical International, Burkina Faso # Sénégal: 1–1 – Manque de réalisme des Etalons (International friendly, Burkina Faso # Senegal: 1–1 – Unrealistic Etalons); AOuaga, 22 May 2014 Template:Fr icon
- ^ "Jonathan Zongo". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Zongo.html "Jonathan Zongo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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value (help) - ^ "Burkina Faso/Swaziland: Burkina Faso Rally to Trounce Swazis". All Africa. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Burkina Faso/Gabon: Burkinabe in the Running for Afcon Finalists". All Africa. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Burkina leave it late to break down Comoros". African Football. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
External links
- Jonathan Zongo at BDFutbol
- Jonathan Zongo at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Jonathan Zongo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jonathan Zongo at ESPN FC
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Ouagadougou
- Burkinabé footballers
- Association football wingers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- UD Almería B players
- UD Almería players
- Burkina Faso international footballers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Burkinabé expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain