Jospin Nshimirimana (born 12 December 2001) is a Burundian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Turkish club
Yeni Malatyaspor
Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country.
History
Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prim ...
Born in Mutimbuzi, Burundi, Nshimirimana began playing football at the age of eight, and his father enrolled him at the local club New Regime. From there, he went on to play at Delta Star in the lower divisions of Burundian football. They achieved promotion into the
Burundi Premier League
The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season.
Current clubs
The following s ...
for the 2017–18 season. Although they finished the season in last place, Nshimirimana led his team to a runner-up finish in the 2018 Burundian Cup. He scored a goal in the 4–0 semi-final victory over Olympique Star, who finished fifth in the league.
Nshimirimana made the move to Aigle Noir Makamba in the summer before the 2018–19 season. They won their first-ever league title that year, in addition to winning their first
domestic treble
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after also capturing the
Burundian Cup
The Coupe du Président de la République is the top knockout tournament of the Burundian football.Burundi - L ...
and Super Cup as well as the second-ever Coupe de l'Unité.
Yeni Malatyaspor
On 2 January 2021, in the final day of the winter transfer window, Turkish
Süper Lig
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side
Yeni Malatyaspor
Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya, Turkey. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country.
History
Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its prim ...
announced the signing of Nshimirimana on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
International career
Nshimirimana represented his country at the
2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
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in
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He made his senior international debut on 27 July 2019, coming on for Landry Ndikumana in the second half of a match against
South Sudan
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Bangladesh
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in January 2020. He scored a
hat-trick
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Origin
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in their opening match against
Mauritius
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on January 16, which they won 4–1 after conceding the first goal. He added a goal in Burundi's victory over
Seychelles
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two days later, then put up another hat-trick in their semi-final upset of the host team
Bangladesh
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on 23 January. Although they lost in the finals to Palestine, Nshimirimana was named player of the tournament after leading all scorers with seven goals.
Career statistics
International
:''Scores and results list Burundi's goal tally first.''
Honours
Aigle Noir Makamba
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Burundi Premier League
The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away during a season.
Current clubs
The following s ...
Burundian Cup
The Coupe du Président de la République is the top knockout tournament of the Burundian football.Burundi - L ...
: 2019
* Burundian Super Coupe: 2019
* Coupe de l'Unité: 2020
Individual
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Bangabandhu Cup
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Best Player:
2020
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