Mamadou Samassa (footballer born 1990)

Mamadou Samassa
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)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Guingamp
Number 30
Youth career
1996–2003 Collinée-Le Gouray
2003–2006 PEF Ploufragan
2003–2009 Guingamp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009– Guingamp 126 (0)
2013–2015 Guingamp B 2 (0)
National team‡
2008 France U18 2 (0)
2008 France U19 1 (0)
2009 France U20 1 (0)
2012– Mali 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:57, 13 September 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:33, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990 in Montreuil) is a French-born Malian[1] footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Guingamp in the Ligue 1, the top level of French football.[2] He is a French youth international and represented France at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level. 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.[3] He played his first match for the Mali national football team 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana. For the 2010–11 season, Samassa 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, where he remains first choice keeper. He shares the same name with his older cousin who plays as a striker for Serie A team Chievo.[4]

Honours

Guingamp

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mali-Botswana de samedi: Une première pour le gardien de but de Guingamp, Mamadou Samassa". Maliweb.net (in French). 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gardien de but des Aigles: Mamadou Samassa à Guingamp!". Mali Football (in French). 12 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Mamadou Samassa". En Avant de Guingamp (in French). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "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.

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