Marlin Piana
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marlin Kikeba Piana | ||
Date of birth | 17 July 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2003 | Troyes B | 52 | (16) |
2001–2002 | Troyes | 2 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Oțelul Galați | 11 | (0) |
2004 | Sint-Truidense | 5 | (0) |
2005 | Lommel United | 12 | (5) |
2006–2007 | Clermont Foot | ||
2007–2008 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||
2009–2010 | Ashton United | ||
2011 | Congleton Town[1] | 2 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Ashton United | ||
2012–2013 | Prescot Cables | ||
International career | |||
2002–2004 | Congo DR | 7 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marlin Kikeba Piana (born 17 July 1982) is a Congolese former footballer.
Career
[edit]Piana began his career in France for Troyes AC in Ligue 1.[2]
He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.[3]
In February 2007, he was on trial at English Football League One side Leyton Orient.
In July 2009, Piana joined Northern Premier League side Ashton United but suffered a knee injury that ruled him out for the majority of the season.[4] He left the club in September 2010.
He later returned to Ashton United for a second spell.
References
[edit]- ^ "Betway".
- ^ Marlin Piana – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- ^ "Jubiläum für die DR Kongo" (in German). FIFA.de. 17 September 2003. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
- ^ "Win at Ashton". Buxton FC Sport. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
External links
[edit]- Marlin Piana at Footgoal.net at archive.today (archived February 21, 2013)
- Marlin Piana at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marlin Piana at Soccerbase
- Marlin Piana at Soccerway
- Marlin Piana – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kinshasa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- ES Troyes AC players
- ASC Oțelul Galați players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Clermont Foot players
- Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players
- Ashton United F.C. players
- Congleton Town F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Liga I players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Northern Premier League players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Men's association football forwards
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
- Prescot Cables F.C. players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo football biography stubs