Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)

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.

This article is about the footballer born in 1990. For the footballer born in 1986, see Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986).
Mamadou Samassa
Samassa training in 2014
Personal information
Full name Mamadou Samassa
Date of birth (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club 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 47 (0)
National team‡
2008 France U18 2 (0)
2008 France U19 1 (0)
2009 France U20 1 (0)
2012– Mali 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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

Mali

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Malili Kaleci Samassa Sivasspor'da" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4642/2013-africa-cup-of-nations/2013/01/09/3660526/paris-saint-germain-midfielder-momo-sissoko-makes-mali-afcon
  7. https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1485398-african-cup-of-nations-full-fixtures-schedule-standings-and-results.amp.html
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