Full name Mamadou Samassa Playing position 1996–2003 Collinee-Le Gouray Role Footballer Weight 88 kg | Place of birth Montreuil, France Number 30 Name Mamadou Samassa Height 1.97 m Career start 2008 | |
Date of birth (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 25) Current teams En Avant de Guingamp (#30 / Goalkeeper), Mali national football team (Goalkeeper) | ||
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a French-born Malian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Troyes in the Ligue 1, the top level of French football. He is a French youth international and represented France at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level.
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Career
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. 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 for Serie A team Chievo.
International career
Samassa played his first match for the Mali national football team 13 October 2012, in a game against Botswana.