- Shiva N'Zigou
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Shiva N'Zigou Personal information Full name Shiva-Star N'Zigou Date of birth 24 October 1983 Place of birth Tchibanga, Gabon Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Striker Youth career 1992-1994 USM Libreville 1994-1997 Orambaka Nom Bakélé 1997-1998 SCO Angers 1998-1999 Nantes Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999-2003 Nantes B 39 (11) 2001-2005 Nantes 33 (3) 2004-2005 → FC Gueugnon (loan) 18 (5) 2005-2010 Reims 64 (9) 2011 Virton 1 (1) National team 2000-2008 Gabon 18 (4[1]) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Shiva N'Zigou (born 24 October 1983 in Tchibanga) is a Gabonese football player.
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Career
A striker he arrived in the famous Nantes youth system in 1998 and played his first senior match in 2002. He spent the 2004/05 season on loan to FC Gueugnon, but after only one season he was transferred to Reims. In 2011 he joined Belgium Third Division Team Royal Excelsior Virton as a free agent after his contract at Reims expired.
Background
N'Zigou is the youngest player who ever play in the Africa Cup of Nations. With 16 years and 93 days, he scored on his debut for Gabon in a 3-1 loss to South Africa at 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and is also the youngest player ever to score in the competition.[2]
References
- ^ Shiva N'Zigou at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Mbola rückt auf Rang 2
External links
Gabon squad – 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Gabonese footballers
- Gabon international footballers
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- Gabonese expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
- FC Nantes players
- FC Gueugnon players
- Stade de Reims players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Ligue 1 players
- Gabonese expatriates in France
- Gabonese people stubs
- Central Africa football biography stubs
- Gabonese sport stubs
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