Christian-Norberto Nzinga (born 12 June 1985) is a French-born

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footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

playing for Floridians FC in Florida.

Career

He played in some good league clubs in Belgium, Germany, Norway and Italy.

Youth and amateur

Born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, Nzinga was signed by

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

at age 16 and he stayed at the club for three and a half years.

Professional

He played in good league clubs during his career. In 2005/2008 he has been playing in Germany second bundesliga Italy serie B but he also join one club in serie c1 during the season. In 2012 Nzinga was signed in France amateur club For some raison concerning his family He signed for

Finnsnes Finnsnes () is a small town that is the administrative centre of Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the island of Senja. The Gisund ...

on level 4 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

in June 2009 but left the club after a month and 2 appearances. In February 2010, Nzinga made a move across the Atlantic when he signed with

AC St. Louis AC St. Louis was an American professional association football, soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in December 2009, the team played its first and only season the next year in the NASL Conference of the temporary USSF ...

of the

USSF Division 2 Professional League The USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro League) was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2010 season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding Un ...

. He made six league appearances for AC St. Louis, as well as featuring in two

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. O ...

games. He has been call up for the Angola national team for the game against Mexico in Huston it was the first call up under the responsibility of the coach Hérver renard

References

External links

Official AC St. Louis biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nzinga, Christian 1985 births Living people Footballers from Paris French men's footballers French sportspeople of Angolan descent Men's association football defenders West Ham United F.C. players 1. FC Saarbrücken players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players AC St. Louis players French expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Norway French expatriate sportspeople in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium USSF Division 2 Professional League players