Jospin Nshimirimana (born 12 December 2001) is a Burundian professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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and the Burundi national team.

Club career

Burundi

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

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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

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after also capturing the

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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

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side

announced the signing of Nshimirimana on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

International career

Nshimirimana represented his country at the

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Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesqualifiers for the tournament the year prior. He made his senior international debut on 27 July 2019, coming on for Landry Ndikumana in the second half of a match against

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during 2020 African Nations Championship qualification. He scored in the 82nd minute of the 2–0 victory. He received his next call-up ahead of the 2020 Bangabandhu Cup hosted by

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in January 2020. He scored a

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in their opening match against

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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

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two days later, then put up another hat-trick in their semi-final upset of the host team

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 *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2019 * Burundian Super Coupe: 2019 * Coupe de l'Unité: 2020 Individual *

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Best Player:

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* Bangabandhu Cup top scorer: 2020

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nshimirimana, Jospin Living people 2001 births People from Bujumbura Rural Province Burundian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Burundi men's youth international footballers Burundi men's under-20 international footballers Burundi men's international footballers Burundian expatriate men's footballers Burundian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey