Jonas Bahamboula
{{short description|Congolese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jonas "Tostao" Bahamboula
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| fullname = Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brazzaville, Middle Congo
| death_date =
| position = Winger
| youthyears1 =
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| years1 = 1968–1987
| clubs1 = Diables Noirs
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| nationalyears1 = 1969–1982
| nationalteam1 = People's Republic of the Congo{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kongb-recintlp.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 October 2023 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710163314/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kongb-recintlp.html |url-status=live }}
| nationalcaps1 = 56
| nationalgoals1 = 13
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Jonas Bahamboula Mbemba (born 2 February 1949), nicknamed Tostao, is a former Congolese international football winger.
Career
Born in Brazzaville, Bahamboula spent his entire career playing club football for local side Diables Noirs.
With the Congo national football team, Bahamboula won the 1972 African Cup of Nations. He also played at the 1974 and 1978 African Cup of Nations finals.{{cite web|publisher=Congo-site.com|title=Congo Who's who|url=http://www.congo-site.com/glossary/Congo-Who-s-who_gi1254.html?l=T|language=French|accessdate=18 October 2011|archive-date=19 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119064505/http://www.congo-site.com/glossary/Congo-Who-s-who_gi1254.html?l=T|url-status=usurped}}
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.{{cite web|publisher=Sport24.gr|title=Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/article273152.ece?service=print|date=25 October 2006|access-date=18 October 2011|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133549/http://www.sport24.gr/football/article273152.ece?service=print|url-status=dead}}
References
Cited sources
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Mbemba Jonas Tostao : La légende du meilleur footballeur du Congo Brazzaville|language=French|author=M'Passi, Louis Aimé|publisher=Edilivre-Aparis|year=2009|isbn=2-8121-2103-3}}
External links
- [http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/20100102-bahamboula-mbemba-jonas-surnomme-tostao Profile] at RFI.fr. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120020010/http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/20100102-bahamboula-mbemba-jonas-surnomme-tostao |date=2010-01-20 }}.
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Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
Category:Footballers from Brazzaville
Category:Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Category:Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
Category:1972 African Cup of Nations players
Category:1974 African Cup of Nations players
Category:1978 African Cup of Nations players
Category:CSMD Diables Noirs players
Category:Men's association football wingers
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