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Bwanga Tshimen

1949 - Today

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Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu (born 4 January 1949 in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo) is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bwanga won the 1973 African Footballer of the Year while with TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi. During his playing days in the early and mid 1970s he was nicknamed "Black Beckenbauer" by the African and French press due to his playing style. Bwanga was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bwanga Tshimen is the 3,430th most popular soccer player (up from 5,572nd in 2024), the 29th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 44th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Congolese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bwanga Tshimen ranks 3,430 out of 21,273. Before him are Horacio Troche, Walter Haummer, Günther Herrmann, Steve Mandanda, Henrik Larsen, and Orlando de la Torre. After him are Manfred Kaiser, Fabrizio Poletti, Domingo Pérez, Ion Lăpușneanu, József Háda, and Rasmus Højlund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bwanga Tshimen ranks 490. Before him are Karel Loprais, Gyude Bryant, Lyubov Polishchuk, Daniel DiNardo, Robert Pickton, and Heather Menzies. After him are George Winston, Maury Chaykin, Anita Borg, Ivo Linna, Debra Monk, and Tabitha King.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bwanga Tshimen ranks 29 out of 107. Before him are Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), Joseph Iléo (1921), Jean Kalala N'Tumba (1949), Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (1937), and Steve Mandanda (1985). After him are Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), José Bosingwa (1982), Judith Suminwa (1967), Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947), and Koffi Olomide (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among soccer players born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bwanga Tshimen ranks 8. Before him are Kembo Uba Kembo (1947), Roger Lukaku (1967), Ndaye Mulamba (1948), Mwepu Ilunga (1949), Jean Kalala N'Tumba (1949), and Steve Mandanda (1985). After him are Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), José Bosingwa (1982), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Kibonge Mafu (1945), and Mayanga Maku (1948).

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