{{Short description|Burkinabe footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mamadou Zongo | image = Mamadou zongo in 17 11 2007.jpg | caption = Zongo with Universitatea Cluj in 2007 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|10|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta | height = 1.76 m | currentclub = ASFB (head coach) | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1996 | clubs1 = RC Bobo | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 22 | years2 = 1997 | clubs2 = ASEC Mimosas | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 18 | years3 = 1997–2004 | clubs3 = Vitesse | caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 14 | years4 = 2004–2006 | clubs4 = De Graafschap | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2006 | clubs5 = VVV-Venlo | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = Ethnikos | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2007 | clubs7 = Universitatea Cluj | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2010–2012 | clubs8 = ASFA Yennenga | caps8 = | goals8 = | totalcaps = 161 | totalgoals = 57 | nationalyears1 = 1996–2005 | nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 14 | manageryears1 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs1 = Santos FC Ouagadougou | manageryears2 = 2015– | managerclubs2 = ASFB }}
'''Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo''' (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.
==Club career== ===Early career=== Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso).<ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|2174/mamadou-zongo}}</ref><ref name=NFT>{{NFT|1138}}</ref> He began playing football in 1996 at RC Bobo, winning the Burkinabé Premier League championship at the end of his first season, netting a personal record of 22 goals in 25 matches.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=GSP>{{cite web| url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/noul-atacant-al-lui-u-cluj-zongo-incaseaza-9-000-de-dolari-pe-luna-14295.html| title=Noul atacant al lui U Cluj, Zongo, incaseaza 9.000 de dolari pe luna| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=U Cluj's new striker, Zongo, earns $9,000 per month| date=10 November 2007| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> In the next season he went to play for ASEC Mimosas for which he scored 18 goals in 22 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division games, as the team won The Double.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=GSP/>
===Career in Netherlands=== Afterwards, Zongo went to play for Dutch side Vitesse, making his Eredivisie debut on 31 October 1998 when coach Herbert Neumann sent him in the 62nd to replace Marko Perović in a 2–1 away loss to Heerenveen.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=GSP/><ref name=WF>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co37/netherlands-eredivisie/se3943/1998-1999/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. Eredivisie 1998/1999 | access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1934424/lineup/|title=Heerenveen - Vitesse 2:1| access-date=11 July 2025}}<br>{{cite news|url=https://www.besoccer.com/match/vitesse/heerenveen/199916161|title=Heerenveen - Vitesse 2:1|publisher=Besoccer.com|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> On 3 December, he netted his first goals when he managed a double in a 5–3 away win over Willem II, and in the following round he scored another brace in a 2–0 victory against NAC Breda.<ref name=WF/> In the same season he made his debut in European competitions, helping his side get past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, being eliminated in the second round by Bordeaux.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co132/uefa-europa-league/se2704/1998-1999/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. UEFA Cup 1998/1999| access-date=11 July 2025}}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro10139/md2/results-and-standings/|title=UEFA Cup 1998/1999. 2. Round | access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> In the next season he netted a brace in a 2–1 win over RKC Waalwijk in the league and helped his side once again get past the first round of the UEFA Cup by eliminating Beira-Mar, but they were defeated in the following round by Lens.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co37/netherlands-eredivisie/se3947/1999-2000/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. Eredivisie 1999/2000| access-date=11 July 2025}}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co132/uefa-europa-league/se2703/1999-2000/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. UEFA Cup 1999/2000 | access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> In the second round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, Zongo made his last two made his last two of his seven total appearances in the competition, as he played in both legs of the loss to Inter Milan on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co132/uefa-europa-league/se2702/2000-2001/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. UEFA Cup 2000/2001 | access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> From 2001 to 2003 he missed two seasons, being unable to play due to a ligament injury on his right knee, which required five operations.<ref name=GSP/><ref name=GSP2>{{cite web| url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/rupt-15694.html| title=Rupt| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Broken| date=1 December 2007| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref><ref name=GSP3>{{cite web| url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/zongo-e-optimist-14537.html| title=Pleaca Zongo?| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Is Zongo leaving?| date=15 December 2007| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
In 2004, Zongo went to play for De Graafschap, making his league debut under coach Gert Kruys on 22 August in a 1–1 draw against Den Bosch.<ref name=RS/><ref name=GSP/><ref name=WF2>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27524/mamadou-zongo/co37/netherlands-eredivisie/se3823/2004-2005/club-matches/|title=Mamadou Zongo. Eredivisie 2004/2005 | access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1922190/lineup/|title=De Graafschap - FC Den Bosch 1:1| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> In the following round he opened the score in a 2–1 loss to Roda JC.<ref name=WF2/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1922194/lineup/|title=Roda JC Kerkrade - De Graafschap 2:1| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> On 22 May 2005, he made his last Eredivisie appearance, playing in a 2–1 home loss to his former team, Vitesse, having a total of 101 matches with 16 goals scored in the competition.<ref name=RS/><ref name=WF2/> De Graafschap was relegated at the end of the season.<ref name=RS/> Zongo stayed with the club for one more season in which he made no appearances.<ref name=RS/> In 2005 he moved to VVV-Venlo, also in the second league, but again did not play.<ref name=RS/><ref name=GSP/>
===Late career=== In 2006, Zongo joined Ethnikos in the Greek second league.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/> Subsequently, he signed on a free transfer for Romanian club, Universitatea Cluj in November 2007 and had a salary of $9,000 per month.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=GSP/><ref name=GSP3/><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/zongo-e-optimist-14537.html| title=Zongo e optimist| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Zongo is optimistic| date=14 November 2007| access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> He made his Liga I debut on 24 November, being used by coach Gheorghe Mulțescu as a starter in a 1–1 draw against Politehnica Iași.<ref name=RS/><ref name=GSP2/> After only two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, because of his recurring knee injury.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=GSP3/> In October 2010, he signed a contract for ASFA Yennega of Burkina Faso and spent the last two years of his playing career with the club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.besoccer.com/player/mamadou-zongo|title=Mamadou Zongo´s career|publisher=Besoccer.com|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Zongo played 24 games in which he scored 14 goals for Burkina Faso, making his debut on 9 November 1996 under coach Ivan Vutov in a 2–0 away loss to Nigeria in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers.<ref name=NFT/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/26566/Nigeria_Burkina_Faso.html|title=Nigeria vs. Burkina Faso, 9 November 1996|publisher=National-football-teams.com|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> His following four games were also during the World Cup qualifiers, Zongo scoring in all of them, starting with a brace against Kenya and one goal against each of Guinea, Nigeria and Kenya again, but all the matches resulted in losses.<ref name=NFT/> Afterwards he played in three games during the successful 2000 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, scoring two goals in two wins over Burundi.<ref name=NFT/> Then coach René Taelman used him in all three group stage matches in the final tournament which were losses to Senegal and Egypt, but also a draw against Zambia.<ref name=NFT/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/africa/cup_of_nations/cup_teams/601938.stm| title=Team profile: Burkina Faso| publisher=Bbc.co.uk| language=English |trans-title=Jiul negotiates with Salif Nogo| date=13 January 2000 | access-date=11 July 2025}}<br>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00a.html|title=African Nations Cup 2000|publisher=RSSSF|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> In the following years, Zongo made two appearances in which he netted three goals in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers and played four games and scored once in a 1–0 win over Angola during the 2002 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.<ref name=NFT/> His last four games for ''The Stallions'' were in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, netting one goal in a 1–0 victory against Ghana, with his last match being a 2–1 home loss to Cape Verde, played on 26 March 2005.<ref name=NFT/>
==Coaching career== In April 2013, Zongo became head coach of the Burkinabé side Santos.<ref>[http://fr.starafrica.com/actualites/lancien-international-burkinabe-mamadou-zongo-bebeto-nouvel-entraineur-du-santos-fc.html L’ancien international burkinabè Mamadou Zongo « Bebeto », nouvel entraîneur du Santos FC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326043922/http://fr.starafrica.com/actualites/lancien-international-burkinabe-mamadou-zongo-bebeto-nouvel-entraineur-du-santos-fc.html |date=26 March 2014 }} StarAfrica.com. 12 April 2013. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
He was appointed head coach of ASFB in 2015.<ref>[http://www.lexpressdufaso-bf.com/index.php?l_nr=index.php&l_nr_c=aeb764a6a854dd20beb97ec048c4ac14&l_idpa=3501 Championnat national de football: l’ASFB contraint Bankuy-Sport au partage des points] L'Express du Faso 8 December 2015. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== :''Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zongo goal.'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Mamadou Zongo |- !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 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|6 April 1997}} |rowspan="2"|Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Kenya}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–4 |rowspan="2"|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenya vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/26095/Kenya_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{dts|27 April 1997}} |Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Nigeria}} |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Nigeria|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/25716/Burkina_Faso_Nigeria.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|4 |{{dts|8 June 1997}} |Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea |{{fb|Guinea}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–3 |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Guinea vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/26126/Guinea_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{dts|16 August 1997}} |Stade Wobi, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Kenya}} |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |style="text-align:center"|2–4 |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Kenya|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/26099/Burkina_Faso_Kenya.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|6 |{{dts|28 February 1999}} |Intwari Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi |{{fb|Burundi}} |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |style="text-align:center"|2–1 |2000 African Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burundi vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/24696/Burundi_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|7 |{{dts|11 April 1999}} |Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Burundi}} |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |2000 African Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Burundi|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/24697/Burkina_Faso_Burundi.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|8 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|23 April 2000}} |rowspan="2"|Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Ethiopia}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 |rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Ethiopia|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/22987/Burkina_Faso_Ethiopia.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|9 |style="text-align:center"|3–0 |- |style="text-align:center"|10 |{{dts|14 June 2000}} |Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya |{{fb|Kenya}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |Friendly |<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenya vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/5192/Kenya_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|11 |{{dts|17 June 2000}} |Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi |{{fb|Malawi}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Malawi vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/22988/Malawi_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|12 |{{dts|13 January 2001}} |Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Angola}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |2002 African Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Angola|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21512/Burkina_Faso_Angola.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|13 |{{dts|5 June 2004}} |Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |{{fb|Ghana}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burkina Faso vs. Ghana|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/269/Burkina_Faso_Ghana.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|14 |{{dts|17 August 2004}} |Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria |{{fb|Algeria}} |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |style="text-align:center"|2–2 |Friendly |<ref>{{cite web|title=Algeria vs. Burkina Faso|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/17970/Algeria_Burkina_Faso.html|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> |}
==Honours== '''RC Bobo''' *Burkinabé Premier League: 1996<ref name=NFT/> '''ASEC Mimosas''' *Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 1997<ref name=NFT/> *Côte d'Ivoire Cup: 1997<ref name=NFT/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{RomanianSoccer|2174/mamadou-zongo}} *{{WorldFootball.net|mamadou-zongo}} *[http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/employer=1671/Param=110569/season=152/statpageid=14/dbid=13323/typeofpage=40054/sc=c47543 Voetbal International]
{{Burkina Faso Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zongo, Mamadou}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Bobo-Dioulasso Category:Burkinabe men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Burkina Faso men's international footballers Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players Category:Eredivisie players Category:Liga I players Category:De Graafschap players Category:SBV Vitesse players Category:VVV-Venlo players Category:Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Category:FC Universitatea Cluj players Category:ASEC Mimosas players Category:RC Bobo Dioulasso players Category:ASFA Yennenga players Category:Burkinabe football managers Category:ASF Bobo Dioulasso managers Category:Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Category:Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Romania Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Category:Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Category:21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen