Parfait Bizoza
 Bizoza with FC Ufa in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Burundi | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Panevėžys | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Ravn | ||
| 2015–2017 | Aalesund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Herd | 46 | (15) |
| 2019 | Raufoss | 27 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Aalesund | 23 | (2) |
| 2021 | Ufa | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Vendsyssel | 38 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Lyngby | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | Haugesund | 51 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Burundi | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 July 2026 (UTC) | |||
Parfait Bizoza (born 3 March 1999) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays for Panevėžys Club in TOPLYGA and the Burundi national team.
Club career
[edit]Bizoza was born in a refugee camp, and came to Norway at the age of 4.[1][2]
Growing up in Skodje Municipality, he started playing for IL Ravn as a child. He was a junior player for Aalesunds FK from 2015 to 2017, leaving to pursue a senior career in local SK Herd. He was picked up by newly promoted second-tier club Raufoss IL in 2019,[3] and after impressing there he was deemed good enough for Aalesund.[4] He made his debut for Aalesund in July 2020 against Mjøndalen.[3]
On 19 February 2021, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Ufa.[5] He made his league debut for FC Ufa on 7 March 2021 in the away game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg, where he was sent-off just 14 minutes after start.
On 28 August 2021, Ufa announced his transfer to Vendsyssel FF in Denmark.[6] On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2023, Bizoza joined Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub on a deal until June 2025.[7] On 14 June 2024, Bizoza signed a contract until the end of 2027 with Norwegian Eliteserien club FK Haugesund.[8]
International career
[edit]In late 2019, while a Norwegian citizen, Bizoza was called up to the Burundi national football team.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ Duesund, Tommy (6 August 2021). "Denne sunnmøringen er Norges ukjente Russland-proff". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ↑ Befring, Knut (6 October 2019). "Rømte fra krigen i Burundi – "hjem" som landslagsspiller". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- 1 2 Parfait Bizoza at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Befring, Knut (3 March 2020). "Bizoza fikk kontrakt med Aalesund". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 25.
- ↑ "Парфе Бизоза, добро пожаловать в ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 19 February 2021.
- ↑ "Удачи, Парфе!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 28 August 2021.
- ↑ Lyngby henter Parfait Bizoza i Vendsyssel, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 31 January 2023
- ↑ VELKOMMEN, PARFAIT!, fkh.no, 14 June 2024
- ↑ "Parfait skal spille for Burundi" (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Parfait Bizoza at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Ålesund Municipality
- Burundian men's footballers
- Burundi men's international footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Burundian emigrants to Norway
- 21st-century Burundian sportsmen
- Footballers from Møre og Romsdal
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Burundian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Raufoss IL players
- Aalesunds FK players
- FC Ufa players
- Vendsyssel FF players
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- FK Haugesund players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Russian Premier League players
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen