Misdongarde Betolngar (born 26 November 1985) is a

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

ian retired

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er. His last club was

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

. He played for Chad national team. His given name is sometimes spelled ''Misdongard'' and his surname ''Betoligar'' or ''Betonligar''. In 2011, Betolngar was the highest paid athlete from Chad, making an annual salary of $21,500 ( USD) with FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

Club career

Betolngar began his career in

Renaissance FC Renaissance FC or RFC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club won Chad Premier League 7 times, last time in 2007. Recently, it produced few Chad national football team players, such as Mondésir Alladjim, Yaya Kerim, ...

in his hometown N'Djamena where he became the league's top scorer in 2005.Misdongarde Betolngar
at Virtus International He then played for Union Douala and was the top scorer of the

Cameroon Première Division The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. P ...

during the season 2007. He first came on trial, but satisfied the club and signed by

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

after signing from Cameroonian club Union Douala for 120,000 euros. Misdongarde played his first game against

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP ('' ...

and he scored his first goal in a competitive match after five appearances. Betolngar wasn't eligible to play in European matches that season. In December 2008, he left Red Star and moved to

FK Budućnost Podgorica Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Cyrillic: Будућност Подгорица, , lit. "Future") is a Montenegrin football club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is competing in the Montenegrin First League. Its colours are blue and white. ...

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

After only a half year in Podgorica he signed with FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac. In season 2009/10 he was part of the club's lineup 27 times. He was 25 times in the starting team, got substituted in 2 times, and scored 7 goals. In season 2010/11 he played 28 matches and scored 6 goals. In season 2011/12 Misdongard was part of the club's lineup 22 times. He was 12 times in the starting team, got substituted in 10 times, scoring 3 goals in league and 1 in national cup.

Mladost Lučani

In the summer of 2012 he moved to FK Mladost Lučani.

Return to Chad

After short spells with Serbian second level sides

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Se ...

and

Sloga Kraljevo Fudbalski klub Sloga Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Слога Краљево) is a football club based in Kraljevo, in Serbia. History In 1909 former cavalry captain Mr. Delić came to Kraljevo from Šibenik and broug ...

, Betolngar returned to Chad and joined his former club

in 2015, where he finished his career after playing the whole 2015 season, being the team's captain.

International career

Betolngar was a member of Chad national football team and has played over 20 games during his international career. He was part of the squad that won the 3rd place at the

2007 CEMAC Cup The 2007 CEMAC Cup was the fourth edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations. The tournament was held in from 4 March to 16 March in Ndjamena, Chad. Group round Group A Group B Knockout round Semi-fi ...

. He played in 2010 World Cup qualifiers, playing 3 matches and scoring 1 goal. After 4 years of absence, he played a match for Chad again, against

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

, on 16 June 2012, which was his last match for a national team.

Personal life

Betolngar converted to

Serbian Orthodoxy The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the population in ...

in 2014 and acquired the name Đorđe.

Honours

;Renaissance * Chad Premier League (3): 2004, 2005, 2006 ;Individual * Chad Premier League top scorer (1): 2005 *

top scorer (1): 2007

References

External links

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Profile
at Virtus International
Misdongarde Betolngar Stats
at Utakmica.rs
Stats from Montenegro
at FSCG.co.me {{DEFAULTSORT:Betolngar, Misdongarde 1985 births Living people Chadian footballers Chad international footballers Association football forwards Renaissance FC players Union Douala players Expatriate footballers in Cameroon Chadian expatriates in Cameroon Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Borac Čačak players FK Sloga Kraljevo players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Expatriate footballers in Serbia FK Budućnost Podgorica players Expatriate footballers in Montenegro People from N'Djamena Members of the Serbian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Christians from Chad