Zé Kalanga
Angolan footballer (born 1983)
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Paulo Baptista Nsimba (born 12 October 1983), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
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| Full name | Paulo Baptista Nsimba | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Bristol City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Petro Atletico | 45 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Dinamo București | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Boavista (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Libolo | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Santos de Angola | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Bravos do Maquis | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Santa Rita | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 140 | (24) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Angola | 55 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
Zé Kalanga was born on 12 October 1983 in Luanda, Angola and played junior-level football in England at Bristol City.[2][3] He began his senior career in 2004 at Angolan club Petro Atletico in his hometown of Luanda, showing an appetite for goals in his three-season spell.[2][3][4]
Dinamo București and Boavista
His bright and promising performances for Angola on the right wing in the 2006 World Cup earned the 23-year-old a move to Romanian club Dinamo București which needed a replacement for Florentin Petre.[5][6] Dinamo paid Petro Atletico a fee estimated by the Romanian press between $200,000–500,000 for his transfer.[6][7][8] Upon arriving at the Bucharest Henri Coandă airport, his first words in front of the reporters at the advice of the club's officials were:"Batem Steaua!" (We will defeat Steaua!).[7][9] He made his Liga I debut on 13 August 2006 in a 1–0 away win over Jiul Petroșani and kept his promise as in his first derby, Dinamo won 1–0 against Steaua.[2][10] Zé Kalanga scored his first goal in the league on 1 October in a 3–1 win over rivals Rapid București, followed by another one in April 2007 in a 2–0 victory against Gloria Bistrița, and those were his only two goals scored in the 21 league games coach Mircea Rednic used him, as the team won the title.[2][4][11] He also appeared in five matches as The Red Dogs reached the round of 32 in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Benfica.[2][12]
In June 2007, Zé Kalanga did not attend Dinamo's pre-season reunion after the summer break.[5] Following this, he was loaned out to Portuguese side Boavista for the duration of the 2007–08 season, making his debut on 15 September 2007 under coach Jaime Pacheco in a 0–0 draw against Leixões, and his performance was highly regarded.[2][4][5][13] He played constantly for them, a highlight being an assist to Jorge Ribeiro's goal in the 2–0 win over Sporting Lisbon.[2][14] Zé Kalanga played 22 league games, helping The Panthers finish in 9th place, but the club ended up being relegated because of referee corruption in the 2003–04 season.[2][15]
Zé Kalanga returned to Dinamo in September 2008, but he played rarely during one and a half seasons spent at the club.[2][4][5][16] With The Red Dogs, he has a total of 33 Liga I games with two goals scored and seven appearances without scoring in European competitions.[2]
Late career
Zé Kalanga was sold by Dinamo in January 2010 back to Angola at Libolo for $500,000.[5][8][17] He spent the rest of his career in Angola, also playing for Santos de Angola, Bravos do Maquis and Santa Rita until his retirement in 2017.[5][18][19]
International career
Zé Kalanga made his debut for Angola under coach Ismael Kurtz on 31 May 2003 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Gabon.[3][20] Coach Oliveira Gonçalves took him in the squad for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, using him in a loss to Cameroon and a win over Togo as the team failed to progress from their group.[3][21]
He played eight games and scored one goal in a 3–0 success against Gabon during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the team earning the qualification to the final tournament after a 1–0 win over Rwanda with Zé Kalanga providing the assist to Akwá's goal.[3][18] In the final tournament, Angola did not get past the group stage, but coach Gonçalves used Zé Kalanga in all three matches, a 1–0 loss to Portugal, a 0–0 draw against Mexico and a 1–1 draw against Iran, at the latter he was voted Man of the Match as he provided the assist to Flávio's goal.[3][19][22] For his performances in 2006, Zé Kalanga was awarded by an Angolan radio with the "Newcomer of the year" title.[23]
He made four appearances and scored one goal in a 6–1 win over Eritrea during the successful 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[3] Gonçalves used him in all four games in the final tournament, as the team got past the group stage, being defeated by Egypt in the quarter-finals.[24] Zé Kalanga's impressive performance, especially in the 3–1 win over Senegal when he provided an assist to Manucho's headed goal, made Eurosport place him in the team of the tournament.[3][25] In the following years he played five games during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, scoring in a 3–1 victory over Niger and was used by coach Manuel José in two games in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, organized by his nation, including playing in the 1–0 quarter-final loss to Ghana.[3][26] Zé Kalanga's last appearance for the national team took place on 3 March 2010 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Latvia, having a total of 55 matches with six goals scored for the Black Sable antelopes.[3]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zé Kalanga goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 22 February 2005 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Congo | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 4 September 2005 | Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola |  Gabon | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 30 April 2006 | Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho |  Lesotho | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 COSAFA Cup |
| 4 | 3–0 | |||||
| 5 | 25 March 2007 | Complexo Desportivo da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola |  Eritrea | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2008 African Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6 | 12 October 2008 | Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda, Angola |  Niger | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |