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Paulo Baptista Nsimba (born 12 October 1983), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a
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.


Club career


Early career

Zé Kalanga was born on 12 October 1983 in
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, Angola and he played junior level football in England at
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. He began his senior career in 2004 at Angolan club, Petro Atletico in his hometown of Luanda, showing an appetite for goals in his three-seasons spell.


Dinamo București and Boavista

His bright and promising performances for Angola on the right wing at the
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earned the 23-year-old a move to
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n club Dinamo București who needed a replacement for Florentin Petre, paying to Petro Atletico a fee estimated by the Romanian press between $200.000–500.000. Upon arriving on the Bucharest Henri Coandă airport, his first words in front of the reporters at the advice of the club's officials were:"Batem Steaua!" (We will defeat Steaua!). He made his
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debut on 13 August 2006 in a 1–0 away victory against Jiul Petroșani and kept his promise as in his first
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, Dinamo won 1–0 with Steaua. He scored his first goal in the league on 1 October in a 3–1 win over rivals
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, then he scored another one in April 2007 in a 2–0 with Gloria Bistrița, these being his only two goals scored in the 21 league games coach
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used him, as the team won the
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. Zé Kalanga also appeared in five matches as '' The Red Dogs'' reached the sixteenths-finals of the
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where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Benfica. In June 2007 he did not attend Dinamo's pre-season reunion after the summer break. Following this, he was loaned out to Portuguese side Boavista for the duration of the 2007–08 season, making his debut on 15 September 2007 under coach Jaime Pacheco in a 0–0 with
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, his evolution being praised by the press. He played constantly for them, a highlight being an assist to Jorge Ribeiro's goal in the 2–0 win over Sporting Lisbon. Zé Kalanga played 22 league games, helping '' The Panthers'' finish on the 9th place, but the club ended up being relegated because of referee corruption in the 2003–04 season. Zé Kalanga returned at Dinamo in September 2008, but he played rarely in one season and a half spent at the club. With ''The Red Dogs'' he has a total of 33 Liga I games with two goals scored and seven appearances without scoring in European competitions.


Late career

Zé Kalanga was sold by Dinamo in January 2010 back to Angola at Libolo for $500.000. He spent the rest of his career in Angola, also playing for Santos de Angola, Bravos do Maquis and Santa Rita until his retirement in 2017.


International career

Zé Kalanga made his debut for the Angola national team under coach Ismael Kurtz on 31 May 2003 in a friendly which ended 1–1 with
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. Coach Oliveira Gonçalves took him in the squad for the
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, using him in a loss with
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and a victory with
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as the team failed to pass the group stage. He played eight games and scored one goal in a 3–0 with Gabon at the
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, the team earning the qualification to the
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after a 1–0 win over
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with Zé Kalanga providing the assist to
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's goal. At the final tournament, Angola did not pass the group stage but coach Gonçalves used Zé Kalanga in all three matches, a 1–0 loss with
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, a 0–0 with
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and a 1–1 with
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, at the latter he was voted Man of the Match as he provided the assist to Flávio's goal. For his performances in 2006, Zé Kalanga was awarded by an Angolan radio with the "Newcomer of the year" title. He made four appearances and scored one goal in a 6–1 win over
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at the successful 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Gonçalves used him in all four games from the
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, as the team passed the group stage, being defeated by
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in the quarter-finals. His impressive performance, especially in the 3–1 win over
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when he provided an assist to
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's headed goal, made
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place him in the team of the tournament. In the following years he played five games at the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, scoring in a 3–1 victory over
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and was used by coach Manuel José in two games at the
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, organised by his nation, including playing in the 1–0 loss with
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from the quarter-finals. Zé Kalanga's last appearance for the national team took place on 3 March 2010 in a friendly which ended 1–1 with
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, having a total of 55 matches with six goals scored for the '' Black Sable antelopes''.


Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zé Kalanga goal.''


Honours

Dinamo București *
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: 2006–07 Angola *
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: runner-up
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References


External links


Zé Kalanga at CNN
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalanga, Ze 1983 births Living people Angolan men's footballers Footballers from Luanda Men's association football wingers Angola men's international footballers Angola men's A' international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2011 African Nations Championship players Liga I players Primeira Liga players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players FC Dinamo București players Boavista F.C. players C.R.D. Libolo players Santos Futebol Clube de Angola players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players Angolan expatriate men's footballers Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania