Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986)

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Mamadou Samassa
Personal information
Full name Mamadou Samassa
Date of birth (1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Montfermeil, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2003
Red Star
2003–2006
Le Mans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Le Mans 43 (4)
2008–2010 Marseille 20 (3)
2009–2010 → Valenciennes (loan) 17 (7)
2010–2012 Valenciennes 51 (12)
2012–2014
Chievo
 9 (0)
2014 Pescara 1 (0)
2014–2016
Brest
 11 (2)
2015
Brest II
 2 (0)
2017
T–Team
 14 (4)
2018 Madura United 13 (6)
2019 Persipura Jayapura 17 (3)
2020 Blue Boys Muhlenbach 1 (0)
Total 199 (41)
International career
2007–2009 France U21 6 (4)
2009–2013 Mali 20 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mamadou Samassa (born 1 May 1986) is a former

striker role. Born in France, he is a former French under-21 international, but switched allegiance to Mali
, his country of origin.

Career

Early career

Born in

2005–06 season
, he signed his first professional contract and was promoted the senior team being assigned the number 19 shirt.

Le Mans

Samassa made his league debut on the opening match day of the

2006–07 season against Nice starting in a 1–0 victory.[1] In the just the third match of the season, he scored his first career goal as a professional nailing the equaliser in the 53rd minute against Valenciennes. Le Mans later won the match 3–2 with a late goal from another youngster Ismaël Bangoura.[2] Samassa appeared as a starter regularly throughout the season, despite being only 20 years of age. He scored two goals in two matches against Sochaux and also scored against Sedan
giving him a total tally of 5 goals for the season. Le Mans won all five matches he scored in.

The

next season was projected to be a breakout year for the player, however, in just the fourth match of the season, Samassa was severely injured. He miss four and a half months and returned to the squad on 19 January 2008 in a 1–2 defeat to Bordeaux appearing as a substitute.[3]
He made only 16 appearances that season scoring only one goal.

Marseille

On 25 August 2008, Le Mans president Henri Legarda announced that the club had reached an agreement with Olympique de Marseille for the transfer of Samassa with Legarda stating the southern club had made a "suitable offer". Marseille, who viewed the player as a perfect replacement for Djibril Cissé, signed the player to a five-year deal.[4][5] Mamadou made his debut for the club on 30 August 2008 in a league match against Sochaux appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 victory.[6] It took him almost four months to score his first goal for the club, which he accomplished against Lille on 30 November in a 2–2 draw.[7] Due to not living up to expectation by some, he was criticized by the local media and supporters alike for his low strike rate, appearing in a total of 32 matches, but scoring only 2 goals.

Valenciennes

On 4 August 2009, Marseille announced that Samassa would be loaned out to fellow Ligue 1 club Valenciennes for the entire

2009–10 season.[8]

Persipura Jayapura

In May 2019, he joined Persipura Jayapura.[9]

Blue Boys Muhlenbach

In January 2020 it was confirmed, that Samassa had moved to FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach in the Luxembourg National Division.[10]

International career

Despite being born to Malian parents, Samassa chose originally to represent

Mohammed Sissoko also influenced his decision.[11]

Samassa waited until May before earning his first call up for joint World Cup-Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana and Benin that was played on 7 and 21 June.[12] Samassa appeared in neither match and also did not make the substitutes' bench for either.

Samassa made his debut for Mali in a 2010 World Cup qualifier against

2013 African Cup of Nations, with his first goal coming against DR Congo in a crucial 1-1 draw during the group stage. He then opened the scoreline in the 3-1 third place play-off win against Ghana
, which brought Mali bronze medals from the tournament.

International goals

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Samassa goal.
List of international goals scored by Mamadou Samassa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2009 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin  Benin 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 13 October 2012 Lobatse Stadium, Lobatse, Botswana  Botswana 3–0 4–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 28 January 2013 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa  DR Congo 1–1 1–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
4. 9 February 2013
Port Elizabeth
, South Africa		  Ghana 1–0 3–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
5. 24 March 2013
Stade Amahoro, Kigali
, Rwanda		  Rwanda 1–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 16 June 2013 Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali  Benin 1–1 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Marseille

International

Mali

References

  1. ^ Le Mans v. Nice Match Report Archived 18 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Le Mans v. Valenciennes Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Le Mans v. Bordeaux Match Report Archived 1 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Marseille seal Samassa swoop". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ^ "SAMASSA : "HEUREUX D'ETRE A L'OM"". OM.net (in French). 26 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ Marseille v. Sochaux Match Report Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Marseille v. Lille Match Report Archived 19 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Accord pour le prêt de Mamadou Samassa". OM.net (in French). 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Tim Persipura Jayapura Tambah Pemain Asing". pospapua.com. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. ^ Un ancien joueur de l’OM à Mühlenbach !, lequotidien.lu, 31 January 2020
  11. ^ "Mali: Samassa Opts for Keshi's Mali". Vanguard (Lagos). 6 January 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ FIFA.com (22 May 2009). "Mali name 25-man squad". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  13. ^ "African WCQ round-up". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Résultat et résumé Marseille - Paris-SG, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 28 Juillet 2010". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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