Stévy Nzambé (born 1991) is a Gabonese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Ittihad Tanger Ittihad Riadi Tanger (; ), often shortened to IR Tanger or the abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, Morocco's top professional football league. The club was founded in 1936 as Unión Deportiva ...

of Morocco. He also plays for the

Gabon national football team The Gabon national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football du Gabon'') represents Gabon in men's international football. The team's nickname is The Panthers and it is governed by the Gabonese Football Federation. They have never qualifie ...

. He previously played domestically for

USM Libreville Union Sportive O'Mbila Nziami Libreville is a Gabonese football club based in Libreville, Gabon. Achievements * Gabon Championnat National D1: 4 :: 1980, 1981, 1988, 2002 * Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 4 :: 1987, 1991, 2002, 2008 Performance in ...

US Bitam Union Sportive de Bitam is a Gabonese professional association football club based in Bitam, Gabon, that competes in the Gabon Championnat National D1. Crest Achievements * Gabon Championnat National D1 **Champions (3): 2003, 2010, 2013 * ...

AS Mangasport Association Sportive Mangasport, abbreviated AS Mangasport, is a Gabonese football club based in Moanda. It was founded in 1962. They play at the Stade Henri Sylvoz. Achievements * Gabon Championnat National D1: 10 :: 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2 ...

and AS Pélican, spent time with French clubs

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and

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at junior level, and appeared for

AmaZulu Zulu people (; ) are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni people, Nguni. The Zulu people are the largest Ethnic groups in South Africa, ethnic group and nation in South Africa, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. They o ...

and Real Kings of South Africa, Swazi club Mbabane Swallows and

Al-Zawraa Al-Zawra'a Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Utayfia, Karkh District (near Tigris River), Baghdad. Their football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Al-Zawra'a have won the most ...

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Career

He has competed at the

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. Competing for AmaZulu, Nzambe suffered a fractured skull when he collided with a Real Kings player, placing him in an intensive care unit for some months and having deleterious effects on his health.

References

External links

AmaZulu's Stevy Nzambe back from fractured skull

AmaZulu’s Gabonese defender in ICU

Stevy Nzambe itching for action
1991 births Living people Gabonese men's footballers Gabon men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Olympic footballers for Gabon USM Libreville players US Bitam players ES Troyes AC players Olympique de Marseille players AS Mangasport players AS Pélican players AmaZulu F.C. players Royal AM F.C. players Mbabane Swallows F.C. players IR Tanger players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Eswatini Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq 21st-century Gabonese sportsmen 2016 African Nations Championship players Gabon men's A' international footballers Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Eswatini Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in South Africa {{Gabon-footy-bio-stub