Parfait Mandanda (born 10 October 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in France, he represented DR Congo at international level.

Club career

Born in

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, Mandanda began his career at Stade Malherbe Caen, moving in 2001 to French

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club

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in the youth system. He graduated to the first team in 2008. He was loaned out to

AS Beauvais Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championna ...

from Bordeaux in January 2009 for the rest of the season, and in July 2009, Beauvais took up the option to make Madanda's move permanent. in 2010 he moved to Altay S.K., then playing in Turkish second division

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Charleroi

Mandanda signed with

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club

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in 2011. In February 2019, he joined

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on loan.

Hartford

Charleroi loaned Mandanda to

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club

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for the 2020 season. In his first game with the club he recorded a shutout and an assist in the team's 1–0 win over

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and was named man of the match.

Mouscron

On 20 July 2021, he joined

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol ...

for a one-year term with an option for the second year.

International career

Mandanda was named in the

Congo DR The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

squad against France B on 5 February 2008. Mandanda only played in the second half but missed out on a place in the history books as his older brother

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, also a goalkeeper and currently at Olympique de Marseille, only played in the first half for France. Officially, he gained his first cap for DR Congo national football team against

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on 25 March 2008.

Personal life

Parfait is the younger brother of French international and

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goalkeeper

, and has two younger brothers. They are all goalkeepers: Riffi and Over Mandanda.

Honours

DR Congo * Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2015

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandanda, Parfait 1989 births People from Nevers Living people French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Footballers from Nièvre French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Girondins de Bordeaux players AS Beauvais Oise players Altay S.K. footballers Royal Charleroi S.C. players FC Dinamo București players Hartford Athletic players Royal Excel Mouscron players TFF First League players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Liga I players USL Championship players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in the United States Black French sportspeople Footballers from Normandy