Lamin Samateh

Not to be confused with Lamin Sarjo Samateh.
Lamin Samateh
Personal information
Date of birth26 June 1992
Place of birthKiang Keneba, the Gambia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
NK Bistra
Number45
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010Steve Biko22(4)
2011–2014Lokomotiva Zagreb38(1)
2014KuPS3(0)
2015-NK Bistra0(0)
National team
2009Gambia U174(0)
2011-Gambia2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Lamin Basmen Samateh (born 26 June 1992) is a Gambian football defender playing for NK Bistra in the in the Croatian Druga HNL.

Lamin Samateh plays usually as central defender, although he can also play as right-back. While playing in his home country, he was known by the nickname of Gunman.[1]

He came to Zagreb in January 2011 during the 2010–11 Prva HNL winter break, signed from Gambian Championnat National D1 club Steve Biko FC,[2] which ended up relegated. For the rest of the season, he made 7 league appearances scoring one goal, with Lokomotiva in the 2010-11 season.

During 2009 he was part of the Gambian U-17 squad which played in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[3] During 2010 he was part of Gambian U-20 team.[4] In early 2011 he was part of the Gambian squad at the 2011 African Youth Championship.

On September 3, 2011, he made his debut for the Gambian national team in a match against Namibia for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[5][6]

References

  1. Interview at GambiaSports
  2. Lamin Samateh at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Lamin Samateh at Zerozero
  4. Interview at GambiaSports
  5. Isaacs pleased to beat Namibia at namibian.com.na
  6. Gambia name squad for Namibia Clash in ANC qualifier at The Point Newspaper (confirming it was Croatia based Lamin Samateh who was selected for the match, although the source confuses Lokomotiva Zagreb with Dinamo Zagreb)

External sources