Bwanga Tshimen

Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu^[2] (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.^[3]

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Personal information
Full name	Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu
Date of birth	(1949-01-04) 4 January 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Élisabethville, Belgian Congo
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965-1981	TP Mazembe
International career
1970–1976	Congo-Kinshasa/Zaire[1]	28	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Bwanga was voted the IFFHS Player of the Century for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000.^[4] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[5]

He is the cousin of fellow footballer Kazadi Mwamba.^[6]

• Bwanga Tshimen – FIFA competition record (archived)

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