Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang.
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| Date of birth | 16 February 1990 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montreuil, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sri Pahang | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Sivasspor | 51 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Levadiakos | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Sri Pahang | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | France U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | France U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2012– | Mali | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:15, 18 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
He is a French youth international and represented France at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level.
Club 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]
He moved to Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang in January 2022.[5]
International career
Samassa played his first match for the Mali national team on 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 August 2021[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guingamp | 2010–11 | Championnat National | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 126 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Guingamp B | 2013–14 | Championnat de France Amateur 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Championnat de France Amateur 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | Championnat de France Amateur 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Troyes | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Total | 95 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Sivasspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 275 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 304 | 0 | ||
- Appearance in Trophée des Champions
- Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion playoffs
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.
- Sulaiman, Oleh (28 January 2022). "Mamadou Samassa Dan Billy Ketkeophomphone Sah Milik Sri Pahang". Rocket FC (in Malay). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "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.
- "M. SAMASSA". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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- "African Cup of Nations 2013: Full Fixtures, Schedule, Standings and Results".
External links
- Mamadou Samassa at Soccerway
- Mamadou Samassa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mamadou Samassa – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Mamadou Samassa at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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