Harrison Manzala

Harrison Manzala
Manzala with Le Havre in 2015
Personal information
Full name Harrison Manzala Tusumgama
Date of birth (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Aubervilliers, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2013 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Le Havre B 51 (7)
2013–2016 Le Havre 49 (5)
2016–2018 Amiens B 2 (1)
2016–2018 Amiens 56 (9)
2018–2020 Angers B 3 (1)
2018–2020 Angers 8 (0)
2019 → Maccabi Petah Tikva (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Le Mans (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2020 → Le Mans B (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021 Kayserispor 4 (0)
2022 Bastia 1 (0)
2022–2023 Petrolul Ploiești 3 (0)
International career
2013 DR Congo U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022

Harrison Manzala Tusumgama (born 6 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] Born in France, he represented DR Congo at youth international level.

Club career

Born in Aubervilliers, Manzala is a youth product of Le Havre. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 May 2013 against Istres in a 2–0 home win.[2] A week later, he scored his first goal for the club, against Le Mans in a 4–0 away win,[3] and went on to make 49 league appearances before signing for Amiens in 2016, where he helped his new club gain promotion from Ligue 2 and made 37 appearances in the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season.[4]

Manzala moved on to another Ligue 1 club, Angers, but made only a few substitute appearances before, in February 2019, he joined Maccabi Petah Tikva on loan to the end of the season.[5][6] He moved to Le Mans, newly promoted to Ligue 2, on loan for the 2019–20 season.[7][8] On 18 December 2019, he scored Le Mans's sole goal in a 4–1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de la Ligue round of 16.[9]

On 13 January 2022, Manzala signed a contract with Ligue 2 club Bastia which ran until the end of the season.[10] On 25 August 2022, he signed a two-year contract with Romanian club Petrolul Ploiești, newly promoted to the Liga I.[11] On 25 January 2023, he parted ways with the club.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Harrison Manzala". WhoScored. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Le Havre vs. Istres – 3 May 2013". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Le Mans vs. Le Havre – 10 May 2013". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "H. Manzala". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Angers: Harrison Manzala prêté six mois au Maccabi Petah Tikva (Israël)". L'Équipe. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. ^ "HARRISON MANZALA PRÊTÉ AU MACCABI PETAH TIKVA" (Press release) (in French). Angers. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Harrison Manzala prêté au Mans". L'Équipe. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  8. ^ "HARRISON MANZALA PRÊTÉ AU MANS FC" (Press release) (in French). Angers. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Le Mans 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain: Mbappe maintains scoring run as Tuchel's men ease through". OneFootball. Stats Perform. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Harrison Manzala s'engage jusqu'à la fin de saison" [Harrison Manzala signs until the end of the season] (in French). SC Bastia. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Bun venit, Harrison Manzala!" [Welcome, Harrison Manzala!] (in Romanian). FC Petrolul Ploiești. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  12. ^ Petrolul Ploiești s-a despărțit de doi dintre jucătorii aflați în lot în prima parte a campionatului, observatorulph.ro, 25 January 2023