Shiva N'Zigou
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Shiva N'Zigou is a Gabon
ese football player.
youth system in 1998 and played his first senior match in 2002. He spent the 2004/05 season on loan to FC Gueugnon
, but after only one season he was transferred to Reims. In 2011 he joined Belgium Third Division Team Royal Excelsior Virton as a free agent after his contract at Reims expired.
in a 3-1 loss to South Africa
at 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and is also the youngest player ever to score in the competition.
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
ese football player.
Career
A striker he arrived in the famous NantesFC Nantes Atlantique
Football Club de Nantes is a French association football club based in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one big club. From 1992–2007, the club was referred to as FC Nantes...
youth system in 1998 and played his first senior match in 2002. He spent the 2004/05 season on loan to FC Gueugnon
FC Gueugnon
Football Club Gueugnonnais was a French association football club based in Gueugnon. The club was formed in 1940 and played in the Championnat National, the third level of French football, before entering liquidation in April 2011. Gueugnon played its home matches at the Stade Jean Laville...
, but after only one season he was transferred to Reims. In 2011 he joined Belgium Third Division Team Royal Excelsior Virton as a free agent after his contract at Reims expired.
Background
N'Zigou is the youngest player who ever play in the Africa Cup of Nations. With 16 years and 93 days, he scored on his debut for GabonGabon national football team
The Gabon national football team, nicknamed Azingo Nationale, is the national team of Gabon and is controlled by the Fédération Gabonaise de Football...
in a 3-1 loss to South Africa
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...
at 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and is also the youngest player ever to score in the competition.