Glory Nzingo

Glory Nzingo (born 4 November 2004) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Swansea City.

Glory Nzingo
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-04) 4 November 2004
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Swansea City
Youth career
Mountview Boys
Castleknock Celtic
Home Farm
Cherry Orchard
2019–2021 St Patrick's Athletic
2021–2023 Stade de Reims
2023– Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Stade de Reims B 10 (0)
2023– Swansea City 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U15 5 (0)
2020 Republic of Ireland U16 4 (1)
2022 Republic of Ireland U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Dublin, Nzingo played for the youth sides of Mountview Boys, Castleknock Celtic, Home Farm and Cherry Orchard, before a move to St Patrick's Athletic in January 2019.[1][2] He made his senior debut for St Pat's in a 4–0 pre-season friendly loss to English side Chelsea, at the age of fourteen.[3][4] In 2020, he was named Football Association of Ireland under-15 player of the year.[1]

In June 2021, French side Stade Rennais launched a bid for Nzingo.[1] However, he went on to join fellow French side Stade de Reims in July of the same year.[5]

On 22 June 2023, it was announced that Nzingo had signed for the academy of Swansea City for an undisclosed fee.[6]

International career

Nzingo has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 27 May 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stade de Reims B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 60—0060
2022–23 40—0040
Career total 1000000100

Notes

    References
    1. Fallon, John (26 June 2021). "French club Rennes make offer for St Pat's star". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    2. Dempsey, Andrew (9 July 2021). "Highly-Regarded St Patrick's Athletic Teenager Makes Intriguing Ligue 1 Move". balls.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    3. "Nzingo, 15 [sic], makes Saints debut in defeat to Chelsea". rte.ie. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    4. Donnelly, David (7 February 2022). "France-based former Saint Glory Nzingo among 24 called up for Ireland under-19 training camp". dublinlive.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    5. "Glory Nzingo intègre l'Académie SDR" [Glory Nzingo joins the SDR Academy]. stade-de-reims.com (in French). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    6. "Glory Nzingo joins Swansea City Academy | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
    7. Glory Nzingo at WorldFootball.net
    8. Glory Nzingo at Soccerway
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