Abel Tamata

Abel Tamata

Tamata with PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth5 December 1990
Place of birthBergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)[1]
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
PSV
Number28
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–PSV25(0)
2012–2013Roda JC Kerkrade (loan)22(0)
2013–Jong PSV29(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:35, 5 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Abel Tamata (born 5 December 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for PSV, as a left back.

Early and personal life

Tamata was born in Bergen op Zoom to a Dutch mother and a Congolese father.[2] His father works as a taxi driver.[2] He has a half-sister on his mother's side, and two half-brothers on his father's side.[2] His manager is rapper Ali B, who is married to Tamata's half-sister.[2] Tamata is a Jehovah's Witness.[2]

Club career

Tamata has played for PSV and Roda JC Kerkrade.[1][3]

International career

In March 2015, Tamata received his first call-up for the DR Congo national team for a training camp in Dubai.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Abel Tamata bonkt op de deur bij PSV" (in Dutch). BN/DeStem. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. "Interlandloopbaan bij DR Congo lonkt voor Lukoki en Tamata" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.