Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba (born 2 February 1949), nicknamed Tostao, is a former Congolese international football winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Brazzaville, Middle Congo | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1987 | Diables Noirs | ||
| International career | |||
| 1969–1982 | People's Republic of the Congo[1] | 56 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Brazzaville, Bahamboula spent his entire career playing club football for local side Diables Noirs.
With the Congo national football team, Bahamboula won the 1972 African Cup of Nations. He also played at the 1974 and 1978 African Cup of Nations finals.[2]
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[3]
References
editCited sources
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Congo Who's who" (in French). Congo-site.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Further reading
- M'Passi, Louis Aimé (2009). Mbemba Jonas Tostao : La légende du meilleur footballeur du Congo Brazzaville (in French). Edilivre-Aparis. ISBN 2-8121-2103-3.
External links
edit- Profile at RFI.fr. Archived 2010-01-20 at the Wayback Machine.
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