Eliaquim Hans Mangala (born 13 February 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in France, he moved to Belgium as a child and began his career there at

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, going onto

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in 2011 where he won consecutive

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titles before joining

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in 2014 for £32 million. He played 79 matches for City, won the

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in 2017–18, and had loans at Valencia and Everton, before joining the former on a free transfer in 2019. Mangala made his debut with the France national team on 6 June 2013 against

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. He was included in the nation's squads for the

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and

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, making a substitute appearance in the latter.

Club career

Early career

Mangala was born in the northwestern Parisian suburb of

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to Congolese parents, but moved to Belgium at the age of five to live in the French-speaking city of

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. At the same age, he joined local club ''Athletic Club Lustin'' as a youth player and spent six years at the club before moving to ''CS Wépionnais'' in nearby

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. After two years in Wépion, Mangala joined the biggest club in the city,

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, and quickly impressed. While at Namur, Mangala was utilised as a striker and his positive displays at youth level led to interest from

. In 2007, Mangala and Standard reached an agreement on a three-year youth contract.

Standard Liège

Mangala joined Standard Liège and, upon his arrival, was converted into a

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and inserted into the club's under-17 team for the 2007–08 season. Mangala's admirable play with the team led to the player being promoted to Standard's under-19 team in January 2008, where he again switched positions, this time moving into central defence. During his time with the under-19 team, Mangala made the bench several times for Standard's under-21 team, despite being only 17 years old. For the 2008–09 season, Mangala was given the opportunity to train and play with the first team. On 23 October 2008, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a five-year deal with the club. Mangala was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 22 shirt. On 9 November, he made his professional debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 3–1 victory over

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. He made another late appearance against Gent before earning his first career league start against

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on 17 January 2009. In the match, Mangala provided the assist on the opening goal scored by Milan Jovanović in the 3rd minute of play. Standard won the match 3–2 with Mangala playing the entire match. He finished the season with 11 league appearances as Standard Liège were crowned champions. He also appeared in

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matches against Italian club Sampdoria, German club

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, and Portuguese team

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, starting the match against the latter. Mangala was inserted as a starter for the 2009–10 season making his debut in the club's 2–0 victory over

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in the

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on 25 July 2009. On 12 September, Mangala scored his first professional goal in a league match against

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in a 3–0 victory. Four days later, Mangala scored another goal against English club

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in the club's opening UEFA Champions League group stage match. Mangala scored the goal in the 3rd minute and Standard striker Jovanović scored two minutes later to put Standard Liège up 2–0, however, the club went on to lose the match 3–2 following three unanswered goals from the English team. In what proved to be his final league match for Standard, Mangala converted a

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free-kick to give his team a 1–0 lead over

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at half-time, but striker Kennedy Ugoala Nwanganga earned a 1–1 draw for Genk, securing the league title by just half a point over Standard. In his final appearance for the club on 21 May 2011, Mangala scored Standard's first goal in their 2–0 victory over

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in the

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of the

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, ending an 18-year cup drought.

Porto

Mangala joined reigning Europa League champions

on 16 August 2011. The deal also included Porto signing his Standard teammate

in a combined deal that totalled £11.4 million. He played his first season with Porto as a substitute behind the likes of

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, Maicon and

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. He made his first appearance in the 2012–13 season for Porto in the

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against Académica on 11 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes as Porto won the pre-season title with a 1–0 win. He made his first-team breakthrough with Porto that season, becoming the first-choice

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and scoring four league goals, one of which was in a 2–2 draw with Benfica on 13 January 2013. Mangala featured in Porto's 2–0 win over

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on 19 May 2013, leading the club to an undefeated season and a third-straight league title, by just one point over rivals Benfica. In the January 2014 transfer window,

made an offer for Mangala and his teammate Fernando, but abandoned interest when Porto held out for £50 million. On 23 February, he was sent off for a reckless challenge inside the area and Porto fell to a 1–0 defeat to

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converted the spot kick. In Porto's Europa League Round of 16-second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt four days later, Mangala scored two goals, both from headers, as Porto battled back from 2–0 down to draw 3–3 and secure passage to the quarter-finals on away goals. On 3 April, he headed in the game's only goal as Porto defeated

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in the first-leg of that round. His goal would not be enough to guide the Portuguese into the next round as they fell to a 4–1 loss in Spain seven days later.

Manchester City

On 11 August 2014, Mangala signed for English club

on a five-year contract, for a reported £31.8 million transfer fee. It was however reported 18 months into his contract that the fee was more in the region of £42m due to spiralling costs as a result of Mangala's split ownership at Porto, with City having to pay in the region of £18m to two companies which owned over 40% of Mangala's economic rights. This second figure would make Mangala the most expensive defender in British transfer history at the time. He reunited with his former Porto teammate, Fernando, who had joined City earlier in the summer. Mangala made his debut in City's fifth match of the

season, a 1–1 home draw against

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on 21 September. Lining up alongside captain Vincent Kompany, his performance was described by

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as "colossal". Six days later, an own goal and concession of a penalty by Mangala caused City to lose a 2–0 lead against

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, although they eventually triumphed 4–2. Despite media criticism, manager Manuel Pellegrini said "we continue to trust him because he is a very good player who had very bad luck". On 30 November, Mangala was sent off for two yellow cards in City's 3–0 win away to

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Valencia (loan)

On 31 August 2016, Mangala joined Spanish club

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on a season-long loan. He made his debut for the ''Che'' on 11 September, starting alongside fellow newcomer

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in a 3–2 home loss to

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. On 28 February 2017, he scored his first goal to defeat

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, and on 19 March he headed the opening goal of a 4–2 away loss at

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in which he was sent off for pulling at

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in the penalty area.

Everton (loan)

Mangala joined Premier League club Everton on loan on 31 January 2018. He made his debut against

, but in his second game against

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he was forced off at half-time with a knee injury. He later underwent surgery and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. At the end of the season he was eligible for a

winners' medal having previously made nine league appearances for Manchester City before joining Everton.

Valencia

On 12 August 2019, Mangala returned to former club

on a permanent basis after agreeing to a two-year contract on a free transfer. He and teammates

and

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tested positive for COVID-19 virus during the

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Saint-Étienne

On 20 January 2022, Mangala signed for

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on a free transfer, on a six-month contract. He played 14 Ligue 1 matches, and scored an equaliser in a 2–1 home loss to

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in the penultimate fixture on 14 May. He was suspended three times due to accumulating nine yellow cards, missing the first leg of the promotion/relegation playoff against

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and returning in the second leg for the penalty shootout defeat.

International career

Due to being raised in Belgium, Mangala did not feature with any of France's youth football teams. In 2008, he was approached by the

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who called the player up to the country's under-18 national team. However, due to not possessing a passport at the time, the call up was deemed futile. After excelling with Standard Liège's senior team, Mangala drew the interest of the

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with France under-21 manager Erick Mombaerts attending a match between Liège and

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at the

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in November. On 5 November 2009, Mangala was selected, for the first time, to the under-21 team for a friendly match against

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on 13 November and a

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match against

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on 17 November. Mangala made his under-21 debut in the Tunisia match, but missed the match against Slovenia after withdrawing from the team due to an injury suffered the previous day in training. On 2 March 2010, he earned his second straight selection to the under-21 team and started in central defence alongside

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Mamadou Sakho in the team's 3–1 win over

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. Mangala made his debut with the France senior team in a 1–0 loss to

on 6 June 2013. He was included in France's squad for the

but did not make an appearance during the tournament, in which ''Les Bleus'' reached the quarter-finals. Mangala was also included in France's squad that finished runners-up at

on home soil. He made one appearance in the quarter-finals on 3 July, replacing

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for the final 18 minutes of a 5–2 win over

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at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Standard Liège *

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: 2008–09 *

: 2010–11 Belgian Cup, 2010–11 *

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Porto *

: 2011–12,

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Manchester City *

: 2017–18 Individual * O Jogo Team of the Year: 2013 *

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Squad of the season: 2013–14

References

External links

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