Julio Donisa

Julio Kenny Donisa (born 15 January 1994) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Liga I club FC Argeș Pitești. Born in France, he formerly represented the Martinique national team before switching to represent the Madagascar national team.

Julio Donisa
Donisa with Red Star in 2018
Personal information
Full name Julio Kenny Donisa[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994
Place of birth L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
CS Brétigny
0000–2013 Rouen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Battipagliese 25 (2)
2013–2014 Racing Fondi 13 (0)
2015–2017 AS Pagny 50 (16)
2017–2018 Concarneau 31 (8)
2018–2019 Red Star 18 (2)
2019 → Lyon-Duchère (loan) 10 (4)
2019–2020 Clermont 24 (0)
2020–2022 Le Mans 38 (7)
2022 Le Mans II 2 (3)
2022–2023 Argeș Pitești 9 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Martinique 5 (0)
2022– Madagascar 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Having arrived from Martinique, Donisa trained with CS Brétigny-sur-Orge and later played with the U19 team of FC Rouen. Having almost secured a move to Parma whilst at Rouen, a move which fell through over a disagreement about compensation due to the Brétigny club, he moved to Italy anyway, playing with Battipagliese and Fondi.[2]

In 2015 he joined AS Pagny-sur Moselle after being involved in a training match organised by his agent.[2] In his second season with the club he scored thirteen goals, and was signed by Concarneau to play in the Championnat National.[3]

Donisa was designated revelation of the Championnat National for the 2017–18 season, and earned a move to Red Star F.C., signing a two-year professional contract at the start of the 2018–19 season.[4] On 27 July 2018, the first matchday of the 2018–19 season, Donisa made his Ligue 2 debut with Red Star in a 2–1 home defeat to Niort.[5]

In January 2019, he was loaned to AS Lyon-Duchère from Red Star until the end of the season.[6] Whilst at Lyon-Duchère he caught the eye of recruiters from Clermont Foot, and eventually signed a two-year contract with them in August 2019.[7]

In June 2020, Donisa signed for Le Mans FC.[8]

International career

Martinique

Donisa was born in France and is of Martiniquais and Réunionnais-Malagasy descent.[9] He made his debut for the Martinique national football team in a 1–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying win over Puerto Rico on 13 October 2018.[10]

Madagascar

In May 2022, he was called up to represent the Madagascar national team.[11] He debuted with Madagascar in a 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Ghana on 1 June 2022.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 March 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Martinique 201820
201930
Total50
Madagascar 202251
202310
Total61
As of matches played 27 September 2022
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Donisa goal.
List of international goals scored by Julio Donisa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
127 September 2022Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco Benin2–13–1Friendly

References
  1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Martinique" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 11. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. "En tête-à-tête avec… Julio Donisa (AS Pagny-sur-Moselle) : « Pourquoi pas moi ? »" (in French). actufoot.com. 23 September 2016.
  3. "National 1. Julio Donisa (Pagny-sur-Moselle) signe à l'US Concarneau" (in French). footamateur.fr. 14 June 2017.
  4. "Ligue 2 : Julio Donisa, l'invité surprise du Red Star" (in French). Le Parisien. 10 August 2018.
  5. Gineste, Franck (27 July 2018). "Ligue 2 : le Red Star chute d'entrée contre Niort (1-2)". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. "JULIO DONISA EST DUCHÉROIS !". AS Lyon-Duchère. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. "Clermont recrute l'ancien buteur de Pagny Julio Donisa" (in French). L'Est Républicain. 5 August 2019.
  8. "Julio Donisa rejoint Le Mans FC" (in French). France bleu. 19 June 2020.
  9. "Ligue 2 : Julio Donisa, l'invité surprise du Red Star". 10 August 2018.
  10. "Game Detail". www.concacafnationsleague.com.
  11. "Julio Donisa sélectionné par le Madagascar". ouest-france.fr.
  12. "Ghana vs. Madagascar - 1 June 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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