Mamadou Zongo

Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.

Club career Early career Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso). He began playing football in 1996 at RC Bobo, winning the Burkinabé Premier League championship at the end of his first season, netting a personal record of 22 goals in 25 matches. In the next season he went to play for ASEC Mimosas for which he scored 18 goals in 22 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division games, as the team won The Double. On 3 December, he netted his first goals when he managed a double in a 5–3 away win over Willem II, and in the following round he scored another brace in a 2–0 victory against NAC Breda. In the next season he netted a brace in a 2–1 win over RKC Waalwijk in the league and helped his side once again get past the first round of the UEFA Cup by eliminating Beira-Mar, but they were defeated in the following round by Lens. In the second round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, Zongo made his last two made his last two of his seven total appearances in the competition, as he played in both legs of the loss to Inter Milan on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate. From 2001 to 2003 he missed two seasons, being unable to play due to a ligament injury on his right knee, which required five operations.

In 2004, Zongo went to play for De Graafschap, making his league debut under coach Gert Kruys on 22 August in a 1–1 draw against Den Bosch. In the following round he opened the score in a 2–1 loss to Roda JC. On 22 May 2005, he made his last Eredivisie appearance, playing in a 2–1 home loss to his former team, Vitesse, having a total of 101 matches with 16 goals scored in the competition. He made his Liga I debut on 24 November, being used by coach Gheorghe Mulțescu as a starter in a 1–1 draw against Politehnica Iași.

International career Zongo played 24 games in which he scored 14 goals for Burkina Faso, making his debut on 9 November 1996 under coach Ivan Vutov in a 2–0 away loss to Nigeria in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. His following four games were also during the World Cup qualifiers, Zongo scoring in all of them, starting with a brace against Kenya and one goal against each of Guinea, Nigeria and Kenya again, but all the matches resulted in losses. In the following years, Zongo made two appearances in which he netted three goals in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers and played four games and scored once in a 1–0 win over Angola during the 2002 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

He was appointed head coach of ASFB in 2015.

Career statistics International Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zongo goal.

Honours RC Bobo Burkinabé Premier League: 1996 ASEC Mimosas Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 1997 Côte d'Ivoire Cup: 1997