Riffi Mandanda (born 11 October 1992) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he is a former youth international for France and DR Congo.

Club career

Mandanda is a youth product of

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

in 2015, as a backup for Anthony Scribe. He made his full professional debut a few months later, in a 3–0

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defeat against Nancy. In February 2020, Mandanda joined

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on a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season. He left the club at the expiration of his contract in summer 2020. On 7 September 2020, Mandanda signed with Norwegian club

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that plays in the second tier

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. In July 2021, he joined

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in the

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International career

Mandanda played five matches with the France U18 team and one with the France U19 before playing four matches with Congo DR under-20. In November 2019 he was called up by the DR Congo national team, but did not make the team's roster for

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qualifiers.

Personal life

Mandanda is the younger brother of

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international goalkeeper

Steve Mandanda Steve Mandanda Mpidi (; born 28 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Rennes. Mandanda spent most of his professional career with Marseille, making over 600 appearances across all competition ...

and

DR Congo 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 ...

international goalkeeper

Parfait Mandanda Parfait Mandanda (born 10 October 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in France, he represented DR Congo at international level. Club career Born in Nevers, Mandanda began his career at Stade Malherbe Caen, movin ...

. His younger brother Over Mandanda signed with

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club

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in July 2017.

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Riffi Mandanda
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