Sita-Taty Matondo

Football player infobox
playername = Sita-Taty Matondo



fullname = Sita-Taty Matondo

nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|12|28
cityofbirth = Kinshasa
countryofbirth = Zaire
currentclub = Montreal Impact

clubnumber = 14
position = midfielder

youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
clubs = Montreal Impact
Landskrona BoIS
Montreal Impact
Toronto Lynx
Vancouver Whitecaps
Montreal Impact
caps(goals) = 19 (4)
4 (0)
1 (0)
18 (2)
21 (3)
32 (0)
nationalyears = 2002-2003
2003 -
nationalteam = Canada U-20
Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (1)
1 (0)
pcupdate = September 25, 2008 |

Sita-Taty Matondo (born December 28, 1984 in Kinshasa, DR Congo) is a Canadian professional soccer player currently plays for the Montreal Impact in the USL First Division.

Career

He first started out playing amateur soccer with Panellinios in the Quebec Elite Soccer League for five years, winning the Defender of the Year award, and the Fair-Play award in 1999.

In 2003 he signed for the Montreal Impact making his debut on April 26 against Charleston Battery, when he came off the bench for Mark Rowland. He scored his first goal against Calgary Storm on June 1, in a 4-0 win. He ended his first pro season with four goals in 21 games. The following season after performing impressively with Montreal he was signed by Landskrona BoIS of the Superettan, where he failed to establish himself as a regular starter only appearing in four games.

He came back to the Impact in 2005 playing only seven minutes, before being traded to the Toronto Lynx along with Abraham Francois for Ali Gerba [ [http://22066.vws.magma.ca/05lynx45.htm LYNX ACQUIRE TWO FROM IMPACT] ] . During the 2005 season he scored two goals and added two assists, finishing the league with the Lynx with a worst 3 wins, 17 losses, and 8 ties the worst performance in league history and a 12th place finish.

The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired him for the 2006 season, where he helped the Caps win the USL First Division Championship beating the Rochester Raging Rhinos to a score of 3-0 which he scored the third goal to clinch the title for the Caps. And he finished the season with three goals and also helped Vancouver win the Cascadia Cup. On April 11, 2007 he was acquired by the Impact from Vancouver in return for forward Jason McLaughlin [ [http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/transactions/177391.html Caps, Impact swap pair] ] .

National teams

He has represented Canada internationally as a member of the U20, U23 teams. He was a member of the Canada U-20 squad that qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup. And he played his first game with the Canada national team on January 18, 2003, in a friendly match against the United States.

References

External links

* [http://www.montrealimpact.com/Team/Player.aspx?language=EN&PlayerID=53 player profile of Matondo]