Francis Litsingi (born 10 September 1986) is a Congolese former professional

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striker. He played mostly in the

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and the

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Club career

Listingi started out at

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

club

Saint Michel d'Ouenzé Saint-Michel de Ouenzé is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville. Honours * Congo Premier League Congo Premier League is the top division of the Congolese Football Federation, in the Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1961. Th ...

where at the age of 19 he enjoyed a very successful season scoring 20 goals in the league and becoming the league's top goalscorer for the 2005–06 season. His success at Saint Michel provoked interest from Cameroon Première Division teams with

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winning the battle for his services in the 2006–07 season, Litsingi proved to be a great talent scoring 15 goals in the league becoming top goalscorer and numerous goals in the

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. In June 2007 Litsingi trialled with

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side

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

. He also attracted interest from

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side

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the ...

. In August 2007 Litsingi trialled with Iranian giants

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and were close to inking a one-year deal but the deal fell through. In 2008, he signed with

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on a three-year contract in the Hungarian First Division, but Litsingi had loaned to

Kecskeméti TE Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület, commonly known as Kecskeméti TE or simply Kecskemét, is a sports club based in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is most famous for its football team which competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hu ...

. On 18 January 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Czech first league team

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Gaziantep BB

On 6 January 2016, it was confirmed that Listingi had signed a 1.5-year contract with Gaziantep BB in

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References

1986 births Living people Footballers from Brazzaville Republic of the Congo men's footballers Men's association football forwards Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Saint Michel d'Ouenzé players Coton Sport FC de Garoua players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Újpest FC players Kecskeméti TE players FK Teplice players Czech First League players Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players FC Zbrojovka Brno players AC Sparta Prague players TFF First League players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Elite One players Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic {{RCongo-footy-bio-stub