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French footballer (born 2002)

Melvin Zinga
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Montivilliers, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Angers
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2019 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Le Havre B 8 (0)
2020– Angers B 16 (0)
2023– Angers 5 (0)
International career
2017–2018 France U16 4 (0)
2018–2019 France U17 12 (0)
2019–2020 France U18 10 (0)
2021–2022 France U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Melvin Zinga (born 16 March 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Angers.

Club career

On 11 July 2020, Zinga signed for Angers for a transfer fee of €200,000. On 18 November 2023, he made his senior debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Houilles AC in the seventh round of the Coupe de France. Replacing Yahia Fofana during his absence due to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Zinga played in his first match against a professional side on 6 January 2024, a 1–0 loss away to Brest in the Coupe de France round of 64.

International career

Born in France, Zinga is of partial Republic of the Congo descent and has both French and Congolese nationalities. He was a France youth international. He won Lafarge Foot Avenir in 2019 and the Maurice Revello Tournament in 2022 with the under-18 and under-20 teams respectively.

In August 2024, Zinga was called up to the Republic of the Congo national team.

Player profile

Zinga has earned the nickname "kamikaze" among his teammates for his tendency to make daring challenges. In 2023, Angers goalkeeping coach Olivier Tingry said that he is "dynamic, tonic, and rather skillful with his feet", adding that "he is good on his line and has a good vision of the game".

In 2019, Zinga stated that he was a fan of Spanish club Barcelona, and that his football role model was Marc-André ter Stegen.

Honours

France U18

France U20

References

  1. Melvin Zinga at Soccerway
  2. ^ RAGUIN, Antoine (18 November 2023). "Coupe de France - Angers Sco. Le gardien Melvin Zinga, un feu intérieur à canaliser". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  3. "Melvin Zinga joins Angers - Get French Football News". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. "Houilles vs. Angers - 18 November 2023 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  5. "Angers Sco. Zinga titulaire, Capelle incertain face à Houilles en Coupe de France". www.oxygeneradio.com (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  6. Parisot, Julien (8 January 2024). "Angers SCO - Zinga sur le remplacement de Fofana pendant la CAN : " Il m'a tapé sur l'épaule et m'a dit "maintenant, c'est à toi de jouer" "". MaLigue2 (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  7. BOUTON, Jordan (8 January 2024). "Football. Angers-SCO : Pour Melvin Zinga, tout commence dans les buts angevins". Courrier de l'Ouest (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  8. "Melvin Zinga". Angers SCO.
  9. ^ Melvin Zinga at the French Football Federation (in French)
  10. "Eliminatoires CAN 2025 : La liste du Congo pour le Soudan du Sud et l'Ouganda dévoilée".
  11. QUINTARD, Théo (4 February 2022). "Angers Sco. Mâchoire cassée, sortie kamikaze : Melvin Zinga, un fort caractère qui veut s'adoucir". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. "Zinga, entre modèle allemand et exemple normand". inside.fifa.com (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

Melvin Zinga – French league stats at Ligue 1

Angers SCO – current squad
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