Parfait Bizoza

Parfait Bizoza (born 3 March 1999) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub.

Parfait Bizoza
Bizoza with FC Ufa in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999
Place of birth Burundi
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lyngby
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2014 Ravn
2015–2017 Aalesund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Herd 46 (15)
2019 Raufoss 27 (3)
2020–2021 Aalesund 23 (2)
2021 Ufa 9 (0)
2021–2023 Vendsyssel 38 (4)
2023– Lyngby 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:08, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Bizoza was born in a refugee camp, and came to Norway at the age of 4.[1][2]

Growing up in Skodje, he started playing for IL Ravn as a child. He was a junior player for Aalesunds FK from 2015 to 2017, leaving to pursue a senior career in local SK Herd. He was picked up by newly promoted second-tier club Raufoss IL in 2019,[3] and after impressing there he was deemed good enough for Aalesund.[4] He made his debut for Aalesund in July 2020 against Mjøndalen.[3]

On 19 February 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[5] He made his league debut for FC Ufa on 7 March 2021 in the away game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg, where he was sent-off just 14 minutes after start.

On 28 August 2021, Ufa announced his transfer to Vendsyssel FF in Denmark.[6] On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Bizoza joined Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub on a deal until June 2025.[7]

International career

In late 2019, while a Norwegian citizen, Bizoza was called up to the Burundi national football team,[8] but remained uncapped.

References
  1. Duesund, Tommy (6 August 2021). "Denne sunnmøringen er Norges ukjente Russland-proff". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. Befring, Knut (6 October 2019). "Rømte fra krigen i Burundi – «hjem» som landslagsspiller". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. Parfait Bizoza at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. Befring, Knut (3 March 2020). "Bizoza fikk kontrakt med Aalesund". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  5. "Парфе Бизоза, добро пожаловать в ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 19 February 2021.
  6. "Удачи, Парфе!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 28 August 2021.
  7. Lyngby henter Parfait Bizoza i Vendsyssel, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 31 January 2023
  8. "Parfait skal spille for Burundi" (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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