Zé Kalanga

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Zé Kalanga
Full name	Paulo Batista Nsimba
Date of birth	12 October 1983
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	175cm
Nickname	Zé Kalanga
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dinamo Bucureşti
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2004-2006 2006-	Petro Atletico Dinamo Bucureşti	45 (17) 12 (2)
National team**
2004-	Angola	26 (4)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2006.

Paulo Batista Nsimba (born 10 December 1983 in Luanda, Angola), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan football winger who played for Petro Atletico.

He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. He was voted for man of the match against Iran when he crossed the ball to team-mate Flávio.

Zé Kalanga was chosen the best Angolan player of 2005. For his good performance in Germany 2006 World Cup Ze Kalanga moved to Romanian giants Dinamo Bucureşti, where he scored his first goal against rivals Rapid Bucureşti.

Prior to Ze Kalanga's move to the Divizia A he had offers from Blackburn Rovers, Boavista FC, RCD Espanyol, PSG and Lille.

His debut for Angola was against Powerhouse Nigeria.

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Ze Kalanga profile, detailed club and national team statistics, honours (palmares) and timeline

	Angola squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 João Ricardo \| 2 Marco Airosa \| 3 Jamba \| 4 Lebo Lebo \| 5 Kali \| 6 Miloy \| 7 Figueiredo \| 8 André \| 9 Mantorras \| 10 Akwá \| 11 Mateus \| 12 Lamá \| 13 Édson \| 14 Mendonça \| 15 Rui Marques \| 16 Flávio \| 17 Zé Kalanga \| 18 Love \| 19 Titi Buengo \| 20 Locó \| 21 Delgado \| 22 Mário \| 23 Marco Abreu \| Coach: Gonçalves