Haruna Niyonzima

Haruna Niyonzima
Personal information
Full name	Haruna Fadhili Niyonzima
Date of birth	5 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Gisenyi, Rwanda
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Ta'awon
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005	Etincelles
2006–2007	Rayon Sports
2007–2011	APR
2011–2017	Young Africans
2017–2019	Simba
2019	AS Kigali
2020–2021	Young Africans
2021–2022	AS Kigali
2022–	Al Ta'awon
International career‡
2006–	Rwanda
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:54, 18 October 2019 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Haruna Fadhili Niyonzima (born 5 February 1990) is a Rwandan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Libyan Premier League club Al Ta'awon and captains the Rwanda national team.

Club career

Born in Gisenyi, Niyonzima has played club football in Rwanda and Tanzania for Etincelles, Rayon Sports, APR, Young Africans, Simba and A.S. Kigali.^[1]

Niyonzima left A.S. Kigali at the end of 2019 to return to former club Young Africans.^[3]^[4]

Niyonzima made his senior international debut for Rwanda in 2006,^[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.^[5]

Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niyonzima goal.

List of international goals scored by Haruna Niyonzima^[1]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2007	Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	2–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	2 June 2007	Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	2–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3	9 December 2007	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Eritrea	1–0	2–1	2007 CECAFA Cup
4	22 December 2007	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Sudan	1–2	2–2	2007 CECAFA Cup
5	8 December 2009	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya	Zimbabwe	4–1	4–1	2009 CECAFA Cup
6	26 November 2012	Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Malawi	2–0	2–0	2012 CECAFA Cup

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Haruna Niyonzima". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "Haruna Fadhili Niyonzima - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.
^ Muhinde, Jejje (21 December 2019). "Haruna confirms talks with former club Young Africans". The New Times. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ Mwebe, Michael (3 January 2020). "Niyonzima jets in ahead of derby". The Guardian Tanzania. ippmedia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ Haruna Niyonzima – FIFA competition record (archived)

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