Saidi Ntibazonkiza

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Saidi
Personal information
Full name	Saidi Ntibazonkiza
Date of birth	May 1, 1987 (1987-05-01) (age 21)
Place of birth	Bujumbura, Burundi
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	NEC
Number	26
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	NEC	13 (0)
National team
2006-	Burundi	7 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Saidi Ntibazonkiza (born May 1, 1987) is a professional Burundian footballer, who plays for NEC and Burundi.

At a young age, he already played for Vital'O. He played for several Burundian youth teams, and he also has played 7 games for his national squad.

As an asylum seeker, he came to the Netherlands in 2005. NEC was the nearest professional football club, and trained with the youth team. NEC then signed Ntibazonkiza to a contract. At the beginning of the 2006/2007 season, he began play with the youth team, but was shortly thereafter brought up to the top squad. On November 18. 2006, against Sparta Rotterdam the Burundian national played his first game in the Eredivisie. After receiving a Dutch residence permit, Ntibazonkiza resigned with NEC until summer 2009.

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