Introduction
David Manga (born 3 February 1989) is a Central African international footballer. He is also member of the Central African Republic national football team.
Career
He begin playing in the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. youth academy. In 2007, he played with SC Eisenstandt in Austrian Regional League East.
In 2008, he signed a contract with TSV 1860 München and played three seasons for their second team in the German Regionalliga Süd. After 2010 he has been a non-used substitute on several occasions at TSV 1860 München main team, however he failed to make an appearance.
On 15 August 2011, after passing trial period and finishing medical exams, he signed with Serbian SuperLiga champions FK Partizan. He made his debut on 21 September 2011, in a 2011–12 Serbian Cup match against FK Novi Pazar, as a substitute of Saša Ilić in the 73rd minute. His league debut only happened on 22 October 2011, in the round 9 match against Javor with Manga entering in the 87th minute of the match. On 21 April 2012 he scored his first league goal in a shot after a long run in the 93rd minute of the 25th round match against Smederevo. He was a substitute at that match, when Avram Grant brought him into the game in 81st minute, a move which ended up being decisive as Manga was involved in the action of the first goal and scored the second in the 2:0 victory of his side.
In summer 2012 he joined Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Ramat Gan on a loan deal.
His playing position is left winger but he can play a playmaker as well.
National team
His debut for the Central African Republic national team was on 10 October 2010 in a match against Algeria for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Personal life
Born in Paris, France, David Manga's father was born in the Central African Republic and his mother is from Cameroon.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2008–09 | TSV 1860 München II | Regionalliga Süd | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | TSV 1860 München II | Regionalliga Süd | 33 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 5 |
| 2010–11 | TSV 1860 München II | Regionalliga Süd | 24 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 7 |
| 2011–12 | FK Partizan | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
| 2013–14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 11 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 34 | 14 |
| 2014–15 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | Israeli Premier League | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 32 | 8 |
| Career total | 170 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 52 | ||
Honours
Club
- Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2011–12
- Israel State Cup (1): 2013
- Israel State Cup (1): 2014