Amara Simba
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amara Simba | ||
Date of birth | December 23, 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
ASC Jeanne d'Arc | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1986 | FC Versailles 78 | ||
1986–1993 | Paris SG | 126 | (19) |
1990–1991 | → AS Cannes (loan) | 28 | (10) |
1993–1994 | AS Monaco FC | 32 | (4) |
1994–1995 | SM Caen | 37 | (12) |
1995–1996 | Lille OSC | 39 | (4) |
1996–1998 | Club León | ||
1998–2000 | Leyton Orient | 37 | (13) |
2000 | Kingstonian | 8 | (6) |
2000 | → Kingstonian (loan) | 9 | (3) |
2000 | St. Albans City | 5 | (2) |
2000 | Kettering Town | 2 | (0) |
2001 | St. Albans City | 3 | (1) |
2001 | Barnet | 0 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Billericay Town | 13 | (4) |
2002 | Clacton Town | ||
International career | |||
1991–1992 | France | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Amara Simba (born 23 December 1961), Dakar, Senegal is a retired French football player. During his career he played for ASC Jeanne d'Arc, FC Versailles 78, Paris SG, AS Cannes, AS Monaco, SM Caen and Lille OSC in France, Club Leon in Mexico and Leyton Orient, Kingstonian, Kettering Town, Barnet, St. Albans City, Billericay Town and Clacton Town in England. He was also selected to play for the French national team on three occasions by then manager Michel Platini in which he scored one goal, but injury prevented his participation in Euro 92 and his international career came to an end.
Trivia
Simba's move to Leyton Orient came about as a result of training with the club to keep fit whilst on holiday in London. Was awarded most beautiful goal of the French Ligue 1 in 1992-1993 for a bicycle kick when he received the ball, controlled it with his chest and finished it off with a bicycle kick.
External links
- Profile on French federation site
- Career stats
- Amara Simba – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dakar
- Senegalese footballers
- French footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- France international footballers
- Senegalese emigrants to France
- Ligue 1 players
- Liga MX players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- ASC Jeanne d'Arc players
- FC Versailles 78 players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Lille OSC players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- AS Monaco FC players
- AS Cannes players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Kingstonian F.C. players
- St Albans City F.C. players
- Billericay Town F.C. players
- F.C. Clacton players
- Club León footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Association football forwards
- Senegalese football biography stubs
- French football forward stubs