Jannick Buyla Sam (born 6 October 1998) is a professional footballer. Born in Spain, he represents the Equatorial Guinea national team. Mainly a right winger, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jannick Buyla Sam | ||
Date of birth | (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2009 | Amistad | ||
2009–2010 | Oliver | ||
2010–2017 | Zaragoza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Zaragoza B | 64 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Tudelano (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Zaragoza | 9 | (0) |
2021 | → UCAM Murcia (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 25 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Equatorial Guinea U20 | ||
2019– | Equatorial Guinea | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022 |
Nicknamed Nick in Spain,[1] Buyla is a former member of the Equatorial Guinea national under-20 team.[2]
Born in Zaragoza, Aragón to Equatorial Guinean parents, Buyla represented UD Amistad, CD Oliver and Real Zaragoza as a youth. On 2 August 2017, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to Segunda División B side CD Tudelano for one year.
Buyla made his senior debut on 24 September 2017, in a 0–0 home draw against CD Lealtad. He returned to Zaragoza on 24 January 2018,[3] being assigned to the B-team, and finished the campaign by suffering relegation.[4]
On 11 May 2019, Buyla made his first team debut by coming on as a late substitute for James Igbekeme in a 3–0 Segunda División away success over Extremadura UD.[5] Roughly one year later, he renewed his contract until 2024 and was definitely promoted to the first team for the 2020–21 season.[6]
On 28 January 2021, after featuring rarely, Buyla was loaned to third division side UCAM Murcia CF for the remainder of the campaign.[7] On 5 July, he moved to Primera División RFEF side Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in a temporary deal.[8]
Equatorial Guinea squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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