Mayindou Karl Madianga (born 30 January 1994) is a French

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who plays as a

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Career

Madianga began his career in his hometown club

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

. On 5 February 2017, he joined

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n club

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv ( bg, Локомотив) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the rai ...

. He made his professional league debut on 2 April 2017 in a 5–0 home win against

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, coming on as substitute for Mohamed Ben Othman. Madianga didn't report back at the beginning of the 2017–18 season so the club has undertaken legal proceedings at

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. Madianga signed for

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club

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in May 2018. He left the club on 31 January 2019. After three years out of the senior game which he claimed was due to issues with his agent, Madianga returned to football with Finnish second tier side Ekenäs in January 2022, and would make 15

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appearances in his season there.

International career

Born in France, Madianga is of Republic of the Congo descent. He is a youth international for France.

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* * 1994 births Footballers from Le Mans Black French sportspeople French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent Living people Men's association football midfielders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Le Mans FC players AS Saint-Étienne players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players Dundee F.C. players Ekenäs IF players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Scottish Professional Football League players Ykkönen players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland French expatriate sportspeople in Finland {{France-footy-midfielder-stub