Issa Samba

Issa Samba
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Dreux, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sloboda Novi Grad
Youth career
2004–2010 Port SPL Dreux
2010–2012 Centre Formation F.Paris
2012–2016 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Auxerre II 24 (0)
2016–2019 Auxerre 2 (0)
2019–2020 Gozzano 2 (0)
2021– Sloboda Novi Grad 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 France U17 7 (1)
2015–2016 France U18 7 (0)
2019– Mauritania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Issa Samba (born 29 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for First League of the RS club Sloboda Novi Grad .[1] He was born in France and represented it on junior levels, before switching to Mauritania as a senior.

Club career

Samba made his professional debut for AJ Auxerre in a 2–1 loss to Tours FC on 25 November 2016.[2]

On 4 December 2019, he joined Italian Serie C club Gozzano.[3]

International career

Samba was born in France to parents of Mauritanian descent.[4] He is a youth international for France U17 and 18.[5] He made his debut for the Mauritania national team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Ghana.[6][7]

Honours

France U17

References

  1. ^ "Issa Samba en demi-finale de l'EURO U17 avec l'Equipe de France ! - AJA - L'Association de la jeunesse auxerroise". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2016/2017 - 16ème journée - Tours FC / AJ Auxerre".
  3. ^ "A.C.Gozzano comunica di aver acquisito a titolo definitivo le prestazioni sportive di Issa Samba" (Press release) (in Italian). Gozzano. 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ France, Centre. "Issa Samba, 18 ans, de Dreux à l'AJ Auxerre".
  5. ^ "Joueur - Issa SAMBA - FFF".
  6. ^ "Mauritania announce international friendly with Ghana". MSN. 13 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Ghana v Mauritania game report". National Football Teams. 26 March 2019.
  8. ^ Harrison, Wayne (22 May 2015). "Édouard treble gives France second U17 title". UEFA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  • Issa Samba at Soccerway

Issa Samba – French league stats at Ligue 2 (in French) (archived)