José Bosingwa

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:
*Portuguese (father)
*Congolese (mother)

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.