Eliaquim Mangala
Mangala (2013 )
Eliaquim Mangala ( born February 13, 1991, Colombes ) is a French footballer who plays for FC Porto in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. He also holds a Belgian and a Congolese passport.
Career
In the club
Mangala age of five moved with his parents to Belgium; there began his career in the youth team of AC Lustin. In 2002 he moved to CS Wépionnais, from where he moved to UR Namur 2004. Three years later he changed to Standard Liege.
The following year he was brought into the squad for the first team. The defender made his debut on 21 December 2008 compared KAA Gent, when he came on in the 89th minute for Wilfried Dalmat. The game ended 2:1 for standard. Furthermore, he came at European club level for the first time used. In the group stage match of the UEFA Cup against Sampdoria, he came on in the 88th minute for Milan Jovanović. The game was won 3-0. End of the season Standard Liège won the Belgian Cup and the Supercup, Mangala came on eleven missions.
In the following season the team finished eighth. In the Europa League play-off second place in Group B could be achieved. Despite the disappointing championship Les Rouches were advancing to the quarter- finals of the Europa League. Mangala came into this season on eleven European Cup Appearances ( five in the UEFA Champions League and six in the Europa League ), but he scored in the Champions League group match against Arsenal a hit.
On 16 August 2011, he moved for 6.5 million euros to FC Porto. In his first season he was due to injuries rarely used and could not therefore establish himself in the starting eleven. So he came only seven missions and could do little to win the championship. The following season he made then the leap to starting players, even scored four goals and was again with Porto champions.
In the National Team
Internationally, he played 21 times for the U- 21 team of France and shot in qualifying for the European Championship 2013 in Israel against Latvia and Slovakia each have a goal. As a group, first he qualified with France for the play- offs, in which the team ultimately failed to Norway and did not participate in the tournament.
On June 5, 2013, came as part of a friendly match against Uruguay for the first time in the senior team for use. Mangala played through 90 minutes and lost with France 0-1 with a goal by Luis Suarez.
Achievements
Standard Liege
- Belgian champion ( 1): 2009
- Belgian Supercup ( 1): 2009
- Belgian Cup (1 ): 2011
FC Porto
- Portuguese masters (2): 2012, 2013
- Portuguese Supercup (2): 2012, 2013