Jean-Claude Iranzi (born 5 October 1990) is a Rwandan professional

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who plays for

Rayon Sports Rayon Sports Football Club is an association football club from Nyanza, Southern province, Rwanda, now based in Kigali. The team currently competes in the Rwanda National Football League, and plays its home games at the Stade Amahoro in Kigal ...

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Club career

Kiyovu Sport

Iranzi was born in Kigali. He began his career in 2004 with SC Kiyovu Sport and was promoted in the 2006

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team. He made his debut for Kiyovu Sport in June 2006.

APR FC

In December 2008, Iranzi signed with APR FC, the previous winners of the

. He made his APR FC debut in an organised friendly match against fellow league members Police FC. With APR, Iranzi won the 2009–10 Rwandan Premier League, thus earning a spot in the 2011 CAF Champions League, where APR was eliminated in the Preliminary round to Club Africain of Tunisia on an aggregate score of 2–6. APR repeated as Premier League champions in 2010–11, and therefore played in the

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International career

Iranzi played the African U-20 Youth Championship in Rwanda. He played his debut for the "Wasps" on 21 June 2008 in the

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qualification match against Morocco national football team. Iranzi's first international goal came on 26 March 2011 as part of Rwanda's 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign. The goal, scored in the 44th minute, gave Rwanda a 1–0 lead over regional rival Burundi. Rwanda went on to win the match 3–1.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Iranzi goal.''

Honours

APR FC *

: 2009–10, 2010–11 *

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: 2010

External links

Futbalnet profile

References

1990 births Living people People from Kigali Rwandan footballers Association football forwards Rwanda international footballers 3. Liga (Slovakia) players S.C. Kiyovu Sports players APR F.C. players MFK Topvar Topoľčany players ZESCO United F.C. players Rayon Sports F.C. players Aswan SC players Rwandan expatriate footballers Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in Zambia Expatriate footballers in Zambia Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Egypt Rwanda A' international footballers 2011 African Nations Championship players 2016 African Nations Championship players {{Rwanda-footy-bio-stub