{{Short description|Central African footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = David Manga | image = David Manga 1860 2010 1.JPG | upright = 0.8 | caption = Manga training with 1860 Munich in 2011 | fullname = David Manga Lembe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|02|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | height = 1.78 m | position = Winger | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain | years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = SC Eisenstadt | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2011 | clubs2 = 1860 Munich II | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 14 | clubs3 = 1860 Munich | years3 = 2011 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = Partizan | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 2013–2016 | clubs6 = Ironi Kiryat Shmona | caps6 = 55 | goals6 = 18 | years7 = 2016 | clubs7 = Târgu Mureș | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = Beroe Stara Zagora | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2017 | clubs9 = Hapoel Ashkelon | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10 = Zira | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2018 | clubs11 = Hapoel Ashkelon | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = Levadiakos | caps12 = 6 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2019–2020 | clubs13 = FC Franconville | caps13 = 0 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2020 | clubs14 = Besançon | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = | clubs15 = AS Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône | caps15 = | goals15 = | years16 = 2022 | clubs16 = 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn | caps16 = 0 | goals16 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010– | nationalteam1 = Central African Republic | nationalcaps1 = 14<ref>Doesn't include these matches: <br> 5 June 2011 Central African Republic – Tanzania 2:1 and 7 September 2011 Equatorial Guinea – Central African Republic 3:0</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 2 | club-update = 1 July 2022 | nationalteam-update = 24 November 2017 }} '''David Manga''' (born 3 February 1989) is a Central African footballer who plays for the Central African Republic national team.
==Club career== Manga began playing in the Paris Saint-Germain youth academy.<ref>[http://www.partizan.rs/17349-david-manga/ David Manga profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916105023/http://www.partizan.rs/17349-david-manga/ |date=16 September 2011 }} at Partizan official website</ref> In 2007, he played with SC Eisenstandt in Austrian Regional League East.
In 2008, he signed a contract with TSV 1860 Munich and played three seasons for their second team in the German Regionalliga Süd.<ref>[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/mangadavid/2012/ David Manga] at Fussballdaten</ref> After 2010 he was a non-used substitute on several occasions at 1860 Munich main team, however he failed to make an appearance.
On 15 August 2011, after passing trial period and finishing medical exams, he signed with Serbian SuperLiga champions FK Partizan.<ref>[http://www.partizan.rs/16935-david-manga-nova-akvizicija-partizana David Manga nova akvizicija Partizana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915062935/http://www.partizan.rs/16935-david-manga-nova-akvizicija-partizana/ |date=15 September 2011 }} at Partizan official website</ref> He made his debut on 21 September 2011, in a 2011–12 Serbian Cup match against FK Novi Pazar, as a substitute of Saša Ilić in the 73rd minute. His league debut only happened on 22 October 2011, in the round 9 match against Javor with Manga entering in the 87th minute of the match.<ref>[http://www.zurnal.rs/2011/10/22/uzivo-javor-%e2%80%93-partizan-00/index.html Valjak protutnjao Ivanjicom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024142332/http://www.zurnal.rs/2011/10/22/uzivo-javor-%E2%80%93-partizan-00/index.html |date=24 October 2011 }} at Sportski žurnal {{in lang|sr}}</ref> On 21 April 2012, he scored his first league goal in a shot after a long run in the 93rd minute of the 25th round match against Smederevo. He was a substitute at that match, when Avram Grant brought him into the game in 81st minute, a move which ended up being decisive as Manga was involved in the action of the first goal and scored the second in the 2–0 victory of his side.<ref>[http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/04/21/uzivo-smederevo-partizan-16c/index.html Manga progurao Valjak kroz smederevsku tvrđavu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222040/http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/04/21/uzivo-smederevo-partizan-16c/index.html |date=10 June 2015 }} at Sportski žurnal, 21 April 2012 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>
In summer 2012 he joined Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Ramat Gan on a loan deal.<ref>[http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/08/21/manga-u-izraelu/index.html Manga u Izraelu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731150140/http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/08/21/manga-u-izraelu/index.html |date=31 July 2017 }} at Sportski žurnal, 21 August 2012 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>
On 9 June 2017, Manga signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira FK,<ref>{{cite web|title=Zirə David Manqa ilə müqavilə imzaladı|url=http://fczire.az/index.php?options=news&news_id=252&id=38|website=fczire.az|publisher=Zira FK|accessdate=11 June 2017|language=Azerbaijani|date=9 June 2017}}</ref> but had his contract cancelled by mutual consent on 15 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zirə David Manqa ilə yollarını ayırdı|url=http://fczire.az/index.php?options=news&news_id=320&id=38|website=fczire.az|publisher=Zira FK|accessdate=15 December 2017|language=Azerbaijani|date=15 December 2017}}</ref>
After returning to France and spending the 2019–20 season with French lower league side FC Franconville,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bouchacourt |first1=Jérome |title=National 3. Les grandes manœuvres au Racing Besançon |url=https://www.footamateur.fr/national-3-les-grandes-manoeuvres-au-racing-besancon/ |website=Foot Amateur |access-date=2 February 2022 |language=fr |date=23 June 2020}}</ref> Manga joined Championnat National 3 club Racing Besançon in June 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=National 3. L'expérimenté centrafricain David Manga rejoint le Racing Besançon |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2020/06/16/l-experimente-centrafricain-david-manga-rejoint-le-racing-besancon |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=L'est Républicain |date=15 June 2020 |language=fr}}</ref>
Manga moved to fifth-tier Oberliga Westfalen side 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn from AS Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône in February 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=1. FC Kaan-Marienborn holt Ex-Nationalspieler |url=https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-kaan-marienborn-holt-ex-nationalspieler-888495/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=2 February 2022 |language=de |date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
==International career== His debut for the Central African Republic national team was on 10 October 2010 in a match against Algeria for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
==Personal life== Born in Paris, France,<ref>[http://www.ama-lion.com/profile/manga.html Profile and interview]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at ama-lion.com</ref> David Manga's father was born in the Central African Republic and his mother is from Cameroon.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|18 June 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.one.co.il/Player/Current//1,1,20,44950/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117232503/http://www.one.co.il/Player/Current/1%2C1%2C20%2C44950/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |language=Hebrew |title=ONE: דוד מנגה |url-status=live |accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|1860 Munich II||2008-09 Regionalliga Süd|2008–09||Regionalliga Süd||17||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||2 |- |2009-10 Regionalliga Süd|2009–10||Regionalliga Süd||33||5||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||5 |- |2010-11 Regionalliga Süd|2010–11||Regionalliga Süd||24||7||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||7 |- |FK Partizan||2011–12||Serbian SuperLiga||9||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||11||1 |- |Hapoel Ramat Gan||2012–13||Israeli Premier League||30||10||1||1||5||4||0||0||36||15 |- |rowspan="2"|Ironi Kiryat Shmona||2013–14||Israeli Premier League||29||11||0||0||5||3||colspan="2"|–||34||14 |- |2014–15|||Israeli Premier League||26||7||3||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||32||8 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !170!!43!!1!!1!!5!!4!!0!!0!!184!!52 |}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|29551|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Central African Republic |2010||1||0 |- |2011||3||0 |- |2012||4||2 |- |2013||1||0 |- |2017||2||0 |- |2018||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!2 |}
:''Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Manga goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by David Manga !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |style="text-align:center"|1 |{{dts|15 June 2012}} |Borg El Arab Stadium, Amreya, Egypt |{{fb|Egypt}} |style="text-align:center"|3–2 |style="text-align:center"|3–2 |2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Egypt vs. Central African Republic|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/4429/Egypt_Central_African_Republic.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |{{dts|14 October 2012}} |Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Burkina Faso}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–3 |2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Central African Republic|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/4465/Burkina_Faso_Central_African_Republic.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> |}
==Honours== '''Partizan''' * Serbian SuperLiga: 2011–12<ref name="nft">{{NFT player|id=29551|accessdate=}}</ref>
'''Hapoel Ramat Gan''' * Israel State Cup: 2013<ref name="nft"/>
'''Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona''' * Israel State Cup: 2014<ref name="nft"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{NFT player|29551}} * {{Soccerway|david-manga/162349}} * {{Worldfootball.net|david-manga|new_id=pe132084}}
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