Arsène Zola

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Arsène Zola
Personal information
Full name Arsène Zola Kiaku[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 25)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 TP Mazembe
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– TP Mazembe
National team‡
2021– DR Congo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:10, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021

Arsène Zola Kiaku (born 23 February 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for TP Mazembe, as a left back.

Club career[]

After playing for TP Mazembe, in July 2019 it was announced that he would move to Belgian club Anderlecht, alongside teammate Meschak Elia.[2][3][4][5] By August 2019 both players were noticed to be missing from Anderlecht's training camp,[6] and it was later revealed that both players had failed to complete their transfers to Anderlecht and were looking for different clubs.[7][8]

International career[]

In May 2018, he was called up to the Democratic Congo national team for a friendly with Nigeria,[9] and was named to the matchday line-up as an unused substitute.[10]

Zola represented the DR Congo at under-23 level. The country was disqualified from the qualifiers in April 2019 after it was revealed that Zola was ineligible to play as he was too old, with the country changing his birthdate from 1996 to 1997.[11][12][13]

He made his debut for DR Congo national football team on 29 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Gambia.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Arsène Zola at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ Mark Gleeson (4 July 2019). "Vincent Kompany turns to DR Congo's TP Mazembe for new signings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ "À la découverte d'Elia et Zola, les deux talents congolais qui débarquent à Anderlecht". Walfoot.be.
  4. ^ "Meschack Elia et Arsène Zola (TP Mazembe) attendus à Anderlecht". 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Anderlecht : Que se passe-t-il avec Meschack Elia et Arsène Zola ?".
  6. ^ "Mercato : Meschack Elia et Arsène Zola invisibles dans le camp d'Anderlecht". 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ Sports+, DH Les (31 August 2019). "Anderlecht: Elia toujours introuvable, fin du test de Zola". www.dhnet.be.
  8. ^ "TP Mazembe : De l'embouteillage dans le couloir gauche". 13 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Léopards : Ibenge revoit sa liste contre le NIGERIA" [Leopards: Ibenge revises his squad against NIGERIA]. LeopardsFoot (in French). Kinshasa. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Nigeria vs. Congo DR - 28 May 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  11. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (25 April 2019). "Morocco return to U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  12. ^ "CAN U23 : la RDC disqualifiée pour avoir aligné Arsène Zola contre le Maroc | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
  13. ^ "CAN U23 : Arsène Zola déclaré inéligible, la RDC disqualifiée au profit du Maroc". 24 April 2019.
  14. ^ "DR Congo v Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 29 March 2021.

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