Abel Tamata

Abel Tamata

Tamata with PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990
Place of birth Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 FC Groningen
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2015 PSV 28 (0)
2012–2013 → Roda JC Kerkrade (loan) 22 (0)
2013–2015 → Jong PSV 30 (0)
2015– FC Groningen 1 (0)
National team‡
2015– DR Congo 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 14 August 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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

Born in the Netherlands, he plays international football for the DR Congo.

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]

In June 2015 he signed for FC Groningen. [4]

International career

In March 2015, Tamata received his first call-up for the DR Congo national team for a training camp in Dubai.[5] He made his international debut later that year.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. ↑ "Selectie compleet met aantrekken Abel Tamata en Bryan Linssen" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Interlandloopbaan bij DR Congo lonkt voor Lukoki en Tamata" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Abel Tamata". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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