Innocent Mbonihankuye
Personal information
Full name Innocent Madede Mbonihankuye
Date of birth (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996
Place of birth Gitega, Burundi
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AS Port
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 LLB Académic
2015–2019 Université de Djibouti
2019–2020 AS ESD
2020– AS Port
International career‡
2014 Burundi 2 (0)
2019– Djibouti 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Innocent Madede Mbonihankuye (born 5 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Port. Born in Burundi and emigrated to Djibouti, he represented the Burundi national team in two friendlies, before switching to represent the Djibouti national team.

Career

Born in Burundi, Mbonihankuye debuted with the Burundi national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Kenya on 15 July 2014.[1] In 2015, he moved to Djibouti and was naturalized as a citizen. He switched to represent Djibouti in 2019, as he was not cap tied to Burundi due to only playing 2 friendlies with them.[2] He debuted with Djibouti in a 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Eswatini on 4 September 2019.[3]

Honours

LLB Académic

References

  1. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kenya vs. Burundi (0:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  2. ↑ "Madede jouera désormais pour l'équipe nationale de Djibouti - ejo.bi". September 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Djibouti vs. Eswatini - Football Match Summary - September 4, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
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