Bwanga Tshimen Explained

Bwanga Tshimen
Fullname:Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu
Birth Date:1949 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Élisabethville, Belgian Congo
Position:Defender
Years1:1965-1981
Clubs1:TP Mazembe
Nationalyears1:1970–1976
Nationalteam1:Zaire[1]
Nationalcaps1:28
Nationalgoals1:2

Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu[2] (born 4 January 1949 in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo) is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bwanga won the 1973 African Footballer of the Year while with TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi. During his playing days in the early and mid 1970s he was nicknamed "Black Beckenbauer" by the African and French press due to his playing style.[3]

Bwanga was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000.[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[5]

He is the cousin of fellow footballer Kazadi Mwamba.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kongk-recintlp.html Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  2. News: Raymond BWANGA, Ballon d’Or africain 1973 . fr . TP Mazembe official website . Redaction . 12 September 2011 .
  3. Web site: Eto'o joins the greats. 4 May 2004. BBC Sport. 8 December 2010.
  4. Web site: Arruda, Marcelo Leme de . IFFHS' Players and Keepers of the Century for many countries . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202741/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-country-complete.html . 30 June 2016 .
  5. Web site: Sport24.gr. Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί. 25 October 2006. 15 October 2011. 3 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133549/http://www.sport24.gr/football/article273152.ece?service=print. dead.
  6. Web site: World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews. RSSSF. 19 April 2018.