Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mamadou Samassa | ||
Date of birth | 16 February 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Montreuil, France | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sivasspor | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2003 | Collinée-Le Gouray | ||
2003–2006 | PEF Ploufragan | ||
2003–2009 | Guingamp | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2016 | Guingamp | 126 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Guingamp B | 3 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Troyes | 95 | (0) |
2019– | Sivasspor | 21 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
2008 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
2009 | France U20 | 1 | (0) |
2012– | Mali | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:14, 12 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC) |
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Sivasspor in the Süper Lig, the top level of Turkish Football. He is a French youth international and represented France at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level.
Career
Samassa was the starting goalkeeper on Guingamp's under-18 team that won the 2008–09 edition of the Championnat National 18 ans.
On 23 September 2008, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a four-year deal until 2013.[1][2] For the 2010–11 season, he was installed as the club's starting goalkeeper for its campaign in the Championnat National, and stayed with the club during their rise from the third to the first division, remaining first choice keeper throughout. He shares the same name with his older cousin who plays as a striker.[3]
On 15 June 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.[4]
International career
Samassa played his first match for the Mali national team on 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.[5]
Honours
Guingamp
See also
References
- ^ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Mamadou Samassa". En Avant de Guingamp (in French). 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Gardien de but des Aigles : Mamadou Samassa à Guingamp !". malifootball.com (in French). 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Pacy-sur-Eure - Guingamp, ce soir (20 h) Samassa: le bonheur d'être là". Le Telegramme (in French). 5 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Malili Kaleci Samassa Sivasspor'da" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Mali-Botswana de samedi: Une première pour le gardien de but de Guingamp, Mamadou Samassa". Maliweb.net (in French). 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
External links
- Mamadou Samassa at Soccerway
- Mamadou Samassa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mamadou Samassa – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Mamadou Samassa at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Living people
- 1990 births
- French people of Malian descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Malian footballers
- Mali international footballers
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- En Avant de Guingamp players
- Troyes AC players
- Sivasspor footballers