Mamadou_Samassa_(footballer,_born_1990)
Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)
Footballer (born 1990)
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Laval. Born in France, he represented his birth country at youth international level before switching to the Mali national team.
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| Date of birth | (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montreuil, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Laval | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | Collinée-Le Gouray | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | 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 | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Laval | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | France U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | France U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Mali | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Samassa was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, but his parents moved to Collinée in Britanny when he was 3 years old.[1]
Guingamp
Samassa was the starting goalkeeper on Guingamp's 18 ans 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
Troyes
Samassa signed for French Ligue 2 club Troyes on a three-year deal. He made a total of 95 appearance for the club.[5]
Sivasspor
On 15 June 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.[6]
Levadiakos
Samassa joined Super League Greece 2 side Levadiakos in September 2021.[7]
Sri Pahang
Samassa completed a move to Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang in January 2022.[8] He was then released by the club at the end of the season after making 21 league and 5 league cup appearances.
Samassa played his first match for the Mali national team on 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.[9]
Club
- As of match played 10 May 2024[10]
| 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 | ||
| Levadiakos | 2021–22 | Super League Greece 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Sri Pahang | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Laval | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 330 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 365 | 0 | ||
- Appearance in Trophée des Champions
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Guingamp
Mali
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013[12][13]
- "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.
- "En fin de contrat a Guingamp Mamadou Samassa signe a Troyes" (in French). francefootball.fr. 12 July 2016.
- "Malili Kaleci Samassa Sivasspor'da" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "paiktis toy levadeiakoy o samassa" (in Greek). levadiakosfc.gr. 13 September 2021.
- 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.
- Mamadou Samassa at National-Football-Teams.com
- 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)