Falonne Pambani

Falonne Pambani
Personal information
Full name Falonne Kuzoya Pambani[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 ALG Spor
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Grand Hotel
FCF Amani
Simba Queens
2023– ALG Spor 30 (5)
International career
DR Congo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Falonne Kuzoya Pambani (born 2 August 1994) is a DR Congolese footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Women's Football Super League club ALG Spor and the DR Congo women's national team.[4][5]

International career

Pambani capped for the DR Congo at senior level during the 2012 African Women's Championship.[6]

Controversy

Playing in Turkey, Pambani claimed to have been born on 2 August 1996,[3] despite previous official registry from CAF indicating she was born on 2 August 1994.[2] In December 2023, during the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification, she used the 1996 document to play against Equatorial Guinea, which had hosted the 2012 African Women's Championship, where she had used the 1994 document. After the conclusion of the round and the in-field DR Congo qualification, Pambani's irregular fielding was claimed by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, expecting CAF disqualifies DR Congo and reinstates Equatorial Guinea as a result.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "SIMBA QUEENS (Tanzania)" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "List of players of the 8th African Women Championship, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2012" (PDF). cafonline.com. 2012. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Falonne Pambani at the Turkish Football Federation Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Football féminin : Fallone Pambani quitte le Football club Amani (RDC) pour Simba Queens (Tanzanie)". Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Mercato:Un Nouveau challenge pour FALLONE PAMBANI". Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ "8th African Women Championship - Match No 10" (PDF). CAF. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ Anatolio (6 December 2023). "El Nzalang Femenino podría jugar la CAN por alineación indebida de RDC" [Nzalang Femenino could play the AFCON due to DRC improper fielding]. Actualidad Guinea Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.


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