Switzerland sun dawo cikin gasa a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 bayan nasara mai ƙarfi 4-1 a kan Bosnia da Herzegovina a Rukuni B, kuma sunan da kowa ke faɗi shi ne Johan Manzambi — ɗan shekara 20 wanda ya buɗe masa hanya zuwa manyan matakan ƙwallon ƙafa da kwallayen biyu a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin wani a Los Angeles.

Manzambi ya shiga filin wasa a matsayin madadin wani kuma ya ɗauki mintuna 19 kawai don canza yanayin wasan. Ya buɗe zura a ragar da volley mai ban sha'awa, sannan ya tabbatar da nasarar Switzerland da burin na huɗu a minti na 90, yana rubuta sunansa a tarihi a matsayin mafi ƙarancin shekaru madadin wanda ya zura kwallaye biyu a wasa ɗaya na Kofin Duniya.

Mafi ƙarancin shekaru a cikin tawagar, da tazara mai yawa

Kafin wannan gasar, Manzambi ya riga ya jawo hankulan mutane a matsayin mafi ƙarancin shekaru a cikin tawagar 'yan wasa 26 ta Murat Yakin — ya fi ƙarancin shekaru fiye da duk wata abokin tarayyarsa da sama da shekaru biyu. Ya isa Los Angeles da kwallaye biyar a wasanni 13 don Switzerland, adadin da yanzu ya kai bakwai bayan aikinsa kan Bosnia da Herzegovina.

An haife shi a Geneva ga iyaye daga Angola da DR Congo, Manzambi ya hau matakan ƙaramin tsari a Freiburg kafin ya fasa cikin ƙungiyar farko a 2024, lokaci ɗaya da nadin Julian Schuster a matsayin babban kocin. Bayyanarsa ta zo a lokaci mafi dacewa.

Fitarwa a Bundesliga tare da Freiburg

A cikin yanayi biyu na farkonsa a Bundesliga, Manzambi ya tattara kwallaye tara da taimakawa bakwai yayin da Breisgau Brazilians suka yi tafiyar ban mamaki zuwa ƙarshen gasar UEFA Europa League. Ya zura burin na biyu na Freiburg a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da Braga — nasara ta 4-3 a jimlar wasanni biyu — kuma ya ci gaba da yin kyau a wasan ƙarshe da Aston Villa, duk da faduwar ƙungiyarsa.

Tawagar Schuster kuma ta yi kusa da cancanta UEFA Champions League da kawai maki biyu a yanayin farkonsa, yana nuna haɓakar sauri na kulob ɗin da Manzambi yake da muhimmanci a ciki.

Kulobe na Turai suna kallon yanayin

Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Napoli, Chelsea, da Manchester United duk an haɗa su da ɗan wasan tsakiya kafin wannan gasar. Aikinsa kan Bosnia da Herzegovina kawai zai ƙara wayar da wannan sha'awar. Ana bayyana shi a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya mai aiki koyaushe tare da iyawa ta zura kwallaye, ƙirƙira, da lashe mallaka a wuraren da ɗan wahala, Manzambi yana kama daidai kamar ɗan wasan da aka ƙaddara ya kai mafi girman matakin.

Yana da shekara 20, Switzerland na iya sun gano mafi ban sha'awarsu a tsararraki — kuma Kofin Duniya ya fara ne kawai.