Mohammed Manga

Mohammad Manga

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Bachir Manga
Date of birth	(1972-12-05) December 5, 1972
Place of birth	Dakar Senegal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Retired
Youth career
	JA Fass
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	AS Douanes
1995–1996	AS Djerba
1996–1997	CS Hammam Lif
1998	Al Ahli Jeddah
1999–2003	Sdoos Club	19	(13)
2003–2005	Al Shabab Riyadh	22	(15)
2005–2006	Al Shabab Dubai
2006–2007	Politehnica Iaşi
2007–2008	DH El Jadida
International career
2003–2005	Senegal	12	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammed Manga (born 5 December 1972 in Dakar as Richard Manga) is a former Senegalese football player.

Career

The striker started his career with Jeunesse amicale de Fass, before he signed at the end of the year 1993 with AS Douanes (Dakar). He started his senior career with the Dakar-based club under his birth name Richard Manga in 1994. Only a year later he left his club Douanes and signed with Tunisian side AS Djerba. He received the award for the best Goalscorer and moved in 1996 to League rival CS Hammam-Lif. He played the next two years with Hammam-Lif, before signing in 1998 in Saudi Arabia for Al-Ahli Jeddah. After a year in Jeddah he left the club and signed for Saudi Arabian second league side Sdoos Club. In 2003 he signed for Saudi Premier League club Al Shabab Riyadh and was the top scorer of the 2003/2004 Saudi League with 15 goals. After two years with Al Shabab FC Riyadh, he signed for Al Shabab Al Arabi Club in Dubai. In early 2007 he moved to Romania and signed for Politehnica Iaşi. He played for the club until summer 2007 and moved to Morocco to sign for Difaâ El Jadidi.

International

Manga played in twelve games for the Senegal national football team and scored three goals for them.

Personal life

Richard Manga converted in 2002 to Islam and changed his name from Richard Manga, to Mohamed Bachir. He played the last years of his career as Mohammad Bachir Manga.