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José Bosingwa

Birth name
José Bosingwa da Silva
Birthplace
Mbandaka, Zaire
Date of birth
24 August, 1982
Date of death
Ethnicity
* father – Portuguese * mother – Congolese
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Bosingwa in 2012, photo by sportsphotographer.eu /Bigstock.com

Birth Name: José Bosingwa da Silva

Place of Birth: Mbandaka, Zaire

Date of Birth: 24 August, 1982

Ethnicity: * father – Portuguese * mother – Congolese

José Bosingwa is a Portuguese professional footballer. A right-back, he played for Boavista, Freamunde, Porto, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, and Trabzonspor, and the Portugal national team.

José was born in Mbandaka, Zaire, to a Portuguese father and a Congolese mother. At a very young age, he moved with his parents to Seia in the Portuguese hinterland, in the Guarda District.