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Jonathan Sundy Zongo (born 6 April 1989) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Almería as a winger or forward. ==Club career== Born in Ouagadougou, Zongo began his career with hometown club US Ouagadougou. In October 2010, aged not yet 18, he moved to Spain and joined UD Almería, being initially assigned to the reserve team in the third division. One month after arriving he suffered a knee injury, going on to miss several weeks.〔(Jonathan, operado por Ripoll, baja para ocho semanas en el Almería B (Jonathan, operated by Ripoll, out for eight weeks in Almería B) ); Ideal, 5 November 2010 〕 Zongo made his official debut with the Andalusians' main squad on 13 January 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute for Kalu Uche in a 1–0 home win against Deportivo de La Coruña for the season's Copa del Rey.〔(Crónica del Almería-Deportivo de La Coruña, 1–0 (Almería-Deportivo de La Coruña match report, 1–0) ); Europa Press, 13 January 2011 〕 He played his first game in the second level on 29 January of the following year, against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.〔(La fortuna del Almería mete en la UVI al Nàstic (Almería's luck sends Nàstic to Intensive Care) ); Marca, 29 January 2012 〕 Again coming from the bench, Zongo scored his first goals for Almería on 19 May, netting a late hat trick in a 6–3 home success over AD Alcorcón.〔(Jonathan mete otra vez al Almería en la lucha (Jonathan puts Almería back in the hunt) ); Marca, 19 May 2012 〕 For the 2012–13 season he was promoted to the first team and appeared mostly from the bench in early games; however, in January, after the departures of Aarón Ñíguez and Leonardo Ulloa, he began being more utilized in manager Javi Gracia's starting XI, as a winger. On 28 June 2013 Zongo was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad, with the side in La Liga.〔(Dieciséis jugadores tienen actualmente contrato en vigor con la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Sixteen players actually have a contract with Almería's first team) ); Almería's official website, 28 June 2013 〕 In August, however, he declined a first-team contract, being again demoted to the reserves;〔(Jonathan se incorpora al filial (Jonathan signs with the reserves) ); Almería's official website, 18 August 2013 〕 on 12 November he finally agreed to a deal, and extended his link until 2017.〔(Jonathan se incorpora a la primera plantilla de la UD Almería (Jonathan joins UD Almería's first team) ); Almería's official website, 12 November 2013 〕 On 4 January 2013 Zongo played his first match in the Spanish top flight, featuring the last 19 minutes in a 3–0 home success over Granada CF〔(Almeria in cruise control ); ESPN FC, 4 January 2014〕 and becoming the first Burkinabé footballer to appear in the competition.〔(Zongo, primer jugador de Burkina Faso en Primera (Zongo, first Burkina Faso player in ''Primera'') ); Diario AS, 7 January 2014 〕 He scored his first league goal late in the month, netting the game's only in a win against Getafe CF also at the ''Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos''.〔(Almeria 1 Getafe 0 ); ESPN FC, 26 January 2014〕 On 16 December 2014, in a 2–1 home win against Real Betis, Zongo scored a goal from 50 meters, lobbing goalkeeper Dani Giménez.〔(2–1: El Almería sella su pase con un golazo de Zongo (2–1: Almería goes through with a great goal from Zongo) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 16 December 2014 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Zongo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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