José Bosingwa

José Bosingwa is the kind of full-back I always enjoyed watching, the marauding right-back who treated defending as an afterthought to attacking. What fascinates me most is his collection: 13 major honours, including the rare feat of winning the Champions League with two different clubs, Porto in 2004 and Chelsea in 2012. Born in Mbandaka in what was then Zaire, he carved out a career that spanned Boavista, Porto and the Premier League's most demanding stage. At 183 cm he had the engine to bomb up and down the flank. To me he embodies that golden Porto-to-Chelsea pipeline of the late 2000s.

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Name (English)

José Bosingwa

Name (Japanese)

ジョゼ・ボシングワ

Reading

じょぜ・ぼしんぐわ

Born

August 24, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Mbandaka, Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Bosingwa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211996

Tags

• Équateur
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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