Brice Samba

Brice Lauriche Samba (born 25 April 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest.

Brice Samba
Samba playing for Marseille in July 2013.
Personal information
Full name Brice Lauriche Samba[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994
Place of birth Linzolo, Republic of the Congo
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 30
Youth career
2001–2002 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure
2002–2006 Madeleine Evreux
2006–2011 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Le Havre B 27 (0)
2011–2013 Le Havre 0 (0)
2013–2017 Marseille B 9 (0)
2013–2017 Marseille 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Nancy B (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Nancy (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 Caen B 3 (0)
2017–2019 Caen 43 (0)
2019– Nottingham Forest 51 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020

Club career

Le Havre
Valais Cup 2013 - OM-FC Porto 13 July 2013 - Brice Samba en extension

Samba joined Le Havre in 2006, working his way through their youth team's before appearing in the first-team in 2011.[2]

Marseille

On 4 January 2013, Samba joined Marseille from Le Havre AC, signing a four-and-a-half year contract. He made his professional debut for Marseille on 5 January 2014 in a Coupe de France game against Stade de Reims keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home win.[3] On 9 July 2015, Samba joined AS Nancy on a season-long loan.[4]

Caen

Samba joined Caen on a four-year deal from Marseille on 30 June 2017.[5][6]

Nottingham Forest

On 7 August 2019, Samba joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[7][8][9] He was initially brought in as a back up for on loan goalkeeper Arijanet Muric, but earned his place as Forest's number one after Muric made a number of costly mistakes.[10]

He made his debut for Forest on 13 August 2019 in a 1–0 League Cup victory over Fleetwood Town.[11] His league debut came on 24 August 2019 in a 2–1 win against Fulham.

His impressive performances led him being named the Championship Fans' Player of the Month for November 2019.[12]

On 8 September 2020, Samba was included in the PFA Championship Team of the Year for the 2019–20 season.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 November 2020[14]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Havre B 2010–11 CFA 10———10
2011–12 CFA 170———170
2012–13 CFA 90———90
Total 270———270
Le Havre 2012–13 Ligue 2 001000—10
Marseille B 2012–13 CFA 2 10———10
2013–14 CFA 2 30———30
2014–15 CFA 2 40———40
2016–17 CFA 10———10
Total 90———90
Marseille 2012–13 Ligue 1 000000—00
2013–14 Ligue 1 101000—20
2014–15 Ligue 1 001010—20
2015–16 Ligue 1 000000—00
2016–17 Ligue 1 000000—00
Total 1020100040
Nancy B (loan) 2015–16 CFA 2 20———20
Nancy (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 201020—50
Caen B 2017–18 Championnat National 3 30———30
Caen 2017–18 Ligue 1 404020—100
2018–19 Ligue 1 3800000—380
2019–20 Ligue 2 100000—10
Total 430402000490
Nottingham Forest 2019–20 EFL Championship 4000020—420
2020–21 Championship 11 0 0 0 1 0 — 12 0
Total 51 0 0 0 0 0 — 54 0
Career total 13808080001540

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Nottingham Forest" (PDF). English Football League. p. 49. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Ligue 1 : Brice Samba (Caen) raconte les anecdotes et moments de sa carrière, "Quand tu es à Marseille, ta vie change"". France Football.
  3. "Olympique Marseille vs. Reims - 5 January 2014 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. Phocéen, Le (9 July 2015). "Officiel : Brice Samba prêté à Nancy". Le Phocéen.
  5. "Brice Samba, un nouveau gardien au SMC". Stade Malherbe Caen. 30 June 2017.
  6. "Official | SM Caen pick up goalkeeper Brice Samba | Get French Football News". getfootballnewsfrance.com.
  7. "Brice Samba rejoint Nottingham Forest". Stade Malherbe Caen. 7 August 2019.
  8. "Samba signs". nottinghamforest.co.uk.
  9. "Brice Samba: Nottingham Forest sign goalkeeper from French side Caen". 7 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Taylor, Paul. "Samba is showing fans that Forest were right to add yet another keeper to their books". The Athletic. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. "Forest beat Fleetwood to reach round two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  12. "Samba clinches Player of the Month award". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. "https://twitter.com/pfa/status/1303394671494914049". Twitter. Retrieved 16 October 2020. External link in |title= (help)
  14. Brice Samba at Soccerway
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