Zé Kalanga

Paulo Baptista Nsimba (born 12 October 1983), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan former footballer who played as a winger.

Zé Kalanga
Personal information
Full name Paulo Baptista Nsimba
Date of birth (1983-10-12) October 12, 1983
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2000–2004 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Petro Atletico 45 (17)
2006–2010 Dinamo București 33 (2)
2007–2008 → Boavista (loan) 22 (0)
2010–2011 Libolo 9 (0)
2011–2012 Santos de Angola 5 (4)
2013–2016 Bravos do Maquis 18 (1)
2017 Santa Rita 8 (0)
Total 140 (24)
International career‡
2003–2010 Angola 55 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2021

Career

Also known as Ricardo Eloy he began his career at Angolan club Petro Atletico in his hometown of Luanda.[2] He made his debut for the Angola national team in 2003 against Gabon.[2] His bright and promising performances for Angola on the right wing at the 2006 World Cup earned him a move to Romanian club Dinamo București where in his first season he was part of the Liga I Championship winning squad.[2][3]

At the World Cup Zé Kalanga was voted Man of the Match in Angola's group game against Iran on 21 June, in a game where he set up teammate Flávio's opening goal in a 1–1 draw.[4]

In June 2006 he did not attend Dinamo's pre-season reunion after the summer break.[4] Following this he was loaned out to Portuguese side Boavista for the duration of the 2007–08 season.[4]

He was named in the Angolan squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana where he came on as a substitute in the Angolans' first game against South Africa.[2] His impressive performance earned him a recall to the starting eleven for the second game against Senegal where he played the full 90 minute in sterling style, setting up striker Manucho's headed goal during his sides 3–1 victory.[2]

Honours

Dinamo București

References
  1. Zé Kalanga at WorldFootball.net
  2. Zé Kalanga at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Zé Kalanga at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. "Ze Kalanga, "spartanul" dinamovist din Angola: fără "avion privat" și numere la mașină, mereu cu zâmbetul pe buze" [Ze Kalanga, the Dinamo "Spartan" from Angola: no "private plane" and numbers on the car, always with a smile on his face] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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