Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang.
![]() Samassa training in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 32) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montreuil, France | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sri Pahang | |||||||||||||||
Number | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1996–2003 | Collinée-Le Gouray | |||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | 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 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | France U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2008 | France U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2009 | France U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2012– | Mali | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:33, 18 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC) |
Born in France, he represented the country at under-18, under-19, and under-20 levels, but represented Mali at full international 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.[1][2] 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.[3]
Samassa signed for French Ligue 2 club Troyes on a three-year deal. He made a total of 95 appearance for the club.[4]
On 15 June 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.[5]
Samassa joined Super League Greece 2 side Levadiakos in September 2021.[6]
Samassa completed a move to Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang in January 2022.[7]
Samassa played his first match for the Mali national team on 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Career total | 287 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 320 | 0 |
Guingamp
Mali
Mali squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations third place | ||
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