Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saidi Ntibazonkiza | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Bujumbura, Burundi | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cracovia | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vital'O | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2005 | Vital'O | ||
2006–2010 | N.E.C. | 63 | (10) |
2010– | Cracovia | 52 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2010– | Burundi | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2013 |
Saidi Ntibazonkiza (born May 1, 1987 in Bujumbura) is a Burundian footballer, who plays for Polish Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Burundian national team.
Career
Ntibazonkiza started to play football at Vital'O. As an asylum seeker, he came to the Netherlands in 2005.[1] NEC was the nearest professional football club, and because of that, he trained with their youth team. NEC then signed Ntibazonkiza when they saw his huge potential. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he began play with the youth team, but was shortly thereafter brought up to the first squad. On November 18, 2006, against Sparta Rotterdam, the Burundian national played his first game in the Eredivisie.[2] After receiving a Dutch residence permit, Ntibazonkiza signed a contract that will bind him to NEC until the summer of 2009. He also signed a contract extension until 2012 in January 2009.[3]
Season | Club | Country | Competition | App. | Goals |
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2002/'05 | Vital'O | Burundi | Burundi League | ? | ? |
2006/'07 | N.E.C. | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 |
2007/'08 | N.E.C. | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 |
2008/'09 | N.E.C. | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 28 | 5 |
2009/'10 | N.E.C. | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 22 | 5 |
International career
He played for several Burundian youth teams, and for his national squad.[4]
References
- ^ "Burundian wonderkid looking to earn his Spurs". The Proud Cockerel. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "Saidi Ntibazonkiza". Voetbal International. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Saidi Ntibazonkiza at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Saidi Ntibazonkiza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Saidi Ntibazonkiza at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Burundian footballers
- Burundian expatriate footballers
- Burundi international footballers
- NEC Nijmegen players
- KS Cracovia players
- Eredivisie players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Burundian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Burundian expatriates in Poland
- Burundian football biography stubs