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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Dreux, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | France U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019– | Mauritania | 1 | (0) |
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*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) | |||
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]
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]