Issa Zongo (born 27 July 1980 in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

) is a Burkinabé

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 le ...

. He played for

ASFA Yennenga Association Sportive du Faso-Yennenga is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. The club's home games are played at Stade du 4-Août. The club was founded in 1947 and won its first title in 1973 as ''Jeanne d'Arc''. History The club w ...

Career

Zongo previously played for Satellite FC Abidjan and signed in January 2004 with

International career

Zongo was part of the Burkinabé

2002 African Nations Cup The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Ca ...

team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Clubs

*2002-2004 Satellite FC du Plateau Abidjan *2004–present

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* 1980 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Burkinabé men's footballers Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2002 African Cup of Nations players ASFA Yennenga players Ivorian men's footballers Footballers from Abidjan Ivorian people of Burkinabé descent Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub