Mohammed Zanzan Atte-Oudeyi (commonly known simply as Zanzan; born September 2, 1980 in

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

) is a retired

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

lese

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Career

Club

Zanzan began his career playing for

JS du Ténéré JS du Ténéré is a Nigerien football club based in Niamey. Their home games are played at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché. Achievements *Niger Premier League: 2 :: 2000, 2001 *Niger Cup: 4 :: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Performance in CAF com ...

in the

Niger Premier League The Super Ligue, formerly known as Ligue 1, is the top division of football in Niger. There are 14 teams competing in the league, which operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Ligue Nationale. The league began in 1966, with Sec ...

and for

Satellite FC Satellite Football Club is a Guinean football club whose team plays in the Ligue 1 Pro. Their home games are played at the 25,000-capacity Stade 28 Septembre in Conakry. Achievements National *Guinée Championnat National: 2 ::Champion: 200 ...

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, before moving to play in Belgium in 2002. Zanzan played for six years in the

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

, for

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

and

FC Brussels Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last pl ...

, and briefly played in the Romanian

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for

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. Henri Coandă ...

, before continuing his career in North America. On April 15, 2009, Zanzan signed with Montreal Impact of the

USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system b ...

. He played 12 games for the Canadian team before leaving at the end of November 2009. In 2012, he signed a contract at amateur team FC Eksaarde In Belgium. Which is 3rd division.

International

Zanzan has been a regular with the Togolese national team since 1999, having made his debut when he was just 19 years old. He was part of the Togo squad at the

2006 Africa Cup of Nations The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt w ...

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