Patrick Zoundi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Patrick Zoundi

| image = Patrick Zoundi 2013 3.jpg

| caption = Zoundi with MSV Duisburg in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|07|19}}

| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Upper Volta

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Forward, midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Planète Champion

| years1 = 1998–2000

| clubs1 = Planète Champion

| caps1 = 39

| goals1 = 20

| years2 = 2000–2005

| clubs2 = Lokeren

| caps2 = 76

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2005–2006

| clubs3 = Ethnikos Asteras

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2006–2008

| clubs4 = Asteras Tripolis

| caps4 = 41

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2008–2009

| clubs5 = Panserraikos

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2009–2011

| clubs6 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2011–2013

| clubs7 = Union Berlin

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2013–2014

| clubs8 = MSV Duisburg

| caps8 = 33

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2014–2016

| clubs9 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps9 = 18

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 310

| totalgoals = 50

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2010

| nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Patrick Zoundi (born 19 July 1982) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder.

Club career

Zoundi began his career in the youth academy of Planète Champion. In the summer of 2000, he moved to Europe, joining the Belgian club KSC Lokeren. After five years in Belgium, he signed a contract with Ethnikos Asteras in Greece. After only one season with Ethnikos he signed for Asteras Tripolis, playing two seasons while playing 41 league matches and scoring seven goals.{{cite web | url = http://www.lefaso.net/spip.php?article21644&rubrique5 | title = Patrick Zoundi, champion en Grèce | publisher = lefaso.net | language = French | date = 22 June 2007 | accessdate = 31 July 2010}}

In July 2008, he signed with Panserraikos{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/fortuna-holt-zoundi-511912/artikel | title = Fortuna holt Zoundi | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 31 July 2010 | date = 26 July 2009}} in the Greek Super League,{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats centre: Patrick Zoundi Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=31&CPID=76&TEID=7661&PLID=51007&pStr=Player|accessdate=3 March 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615055009/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=31&CPID=76&TEID=7661&PLID=51007&pStr=Player|archivedate=15 June 2012}} before he signed a two-year contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf following a successful trial.{{cite web | url = http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/duesseldorf-stadt/732809/Patrick-Zoundi-spielt-vor.html | title = Patrick Zoundi spielt vor | language = German | publisher = RP Online | accessdate = 31 July 2010 | date = 16 July 2009}} He played as striker for Düsseldorf, but could also play in the right midfield or as a right winger.{{cite web | url = http://www.express.de/nachrichten/sport/fussball/fortuna-duesseldorf/fortunas-erster-nationalspieler-seit-zehn-jahren_artikel_1246563120911.html | title = Fortunas erster Nationalspieler seit zehn Jahren | language = German | publisher = express.de | accessdate = 31 July 2010 | date = 22 July 2009 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090926010937/http://www.express.de/nachrichten/sport/fussball/fortuna-duesseldorf/fortunas-erster-nationalspieler-seit-zehn-jahren_artikel_1246563120911.html | archivedate = 26 September 2009 | df = dmy-all }}

He then played for Union Berlin before he moved to MSV Duisburg in 2013. He joined 1. FC Saarbrücken a year later.

International career

Zoundi was a member of the Burkina Faso national team's squad at the 2004 African Nations Cup, which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarterfinals. He has played twelve caps for his country.{{NFT player|1135|name=Zoundi, Patrick|accessdate = 31 July 2010}} and represented Burkina Faso at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.{{FIFA player|175714|Patrick Zoundi}}