Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)

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Mamadou Samassa
Samassa training in 2014
Personal information
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
Team information
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 30 (0)
International career‡
2008 France U18 2 (0)
2008 France U19 1 (0)
2009 France U20 1 (0)
2012– Mali 15 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mali
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2013 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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.

Club career[edit]

Samassa was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, but his parents moved to Collinée in Britanny when he was 3 years old.[1]

Guingamp[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

On 15 June 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.[6]

Levadiakos[edit]

Samassa joined Super League Greece 2 side Levadiakos in September 2021.[7]

Sri Pahang[edit]

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.

International career[edit]

Samassa played his first match for the Mali national team on 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 20 April 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
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[a] 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[b] 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 30 0 0 0 — — 30 0
Career total 326 0 16 0 9 0 7 0 3 0 361 0
  1. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  2. ^ Appearances in Ligue 2 promotion playoffs

International[edit]

As of match played 26 March 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

Honours[edit]

Guingamp

Mali

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National. Pacy-sur-Eure - Guingamp, ce soir (20 h) Samassa : Le bonheur d'être là". 5 November 2010.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  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.
  5. ^ "En fin de contrat a Guingamp Mamadou Samassa signe a Troyes" (in French). francefootball.fr. 12 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Malili Kaleci Samassa Sivasspor'da" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ "paiktis toy levadeiakoy o samassa" (in Greek). levadiakosfc.gr. 13 September 2021.
  8. ^ Sulaiman, Oleh (28 January 2022). "Mamadou Samassa Dan Billy Ketkeophomphone Sah Milik Sri Pahang". Rocket FC (in Malay). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "M. SAMASSA". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. ^ Mamadou Samassa at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ "Paris Saint Germain midfielder Momo Sissoko makes Mali Afcon squad | Goal.com".
  13. ^ "African Cup of Nations 2013: Full Fixtures, Schedule, Standings and Results".

External links[edit]

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