Amine Linganzi

Amine Linganzi Koumba ( born November 16, 1989 in Algiers ) is an active born in Algeria and for the national team of the Republic of the Congo football player. Raised in France defensive midfielder was between 2008 and 2010 with AS Saint- Étienne and later to January 2013 in the Blackburn Rovers in England under contract.

Sports career

Born in the Algerian capital, Linganzi first came in Aix -en- Provence - south of France, the adopted home of his parents originating from the Congo - with the club football in contact. The following residence between 2002 and 2004 in nearby Vitrolles was another intermediate step before took him the youth department of AS Cannes. There he made a sustained attention as athletic central defensive midfielder by winning the national championship in the age group of 15 year olds in the eyes of talent scouts. With an enormous growth spurt of 15 centimeters within a very short time the talent for the upcoming professional football seemed well prepared. He remained until 2006 in Cannes, and then joined the AS Saint- Étienne on.

Among the coaches Primard, Bouhazama and Blachon Linganzi be played on the B team in the 2007/08 season (22 games and one goal) in the expanded group of first-team. In the A- team he made his debut on 28 September 2008 on the occasion of a 1-1 draw with Bordeaux and eight days later he came against Rosenborg BK (3-0) in the UEFA Cup to a first brief appearance on the European stage.

On 28 January 2010 Linganzi moved free transfer to Blackburn Rovers in England and wrote there a contract for 3 ½ years. He came here ostensibly in the reserve team for the course, which he knew to convince especially in a game against the understudy of Wigan Athletic. Premier League On the final day of the season 2009/10 he stood for the first time in the starting lineup of the A- team and contributed 45 minutes to 1-0 win over Aston Villa at. From January to May 2011, he was on loan to the then second division side Preston North End, but has been used only on 15 January 2011 in the league game against Leicester City. To attend without further league games in the first team of Blackburn, ended Linganzis commitment prematurely the end of January, 2013 by a vorfällige contract.