Full name Mbwana Aly Samatta Name Mbwana Samatta Playing position Role Footballer | Number 9 Height 1.79 m 2008–2010 African Lyon Date joined 2011 | |
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Date of birth (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 23) Place of birth Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Current teams Tanzania national football team (#10 / Forward), TP Mazembe (#9 / Forward) Nominations African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa) | ||
Mbwana samatta goals and highlights tp mazembe and taifa stars tanzania
Mbwana Ally Samatta (born 23 December 1992), known as Mbwana Samatta, is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian side Genk and the Tanzania national football team.
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- Mbwana samatta goals and highlights tp mazembe and taifa stars tanzania
- Mbwana Samatta signs for Belgian side Genk
- Career
- International goals
- Honours
- Individual
- References
Mbwana Samatta signs for Belgian side Genk
Career
Samatta was a key figure as TP Mazembe won the 2015 CAF Champions League, scoring seven goals in the process and finishing as the competition's top scorer.
In January 2016, he became the first player from East Africa to be crowned the CAF African Player of the Year based on the continent. During the Glo-CAF Award gala which took place on 7 January 2016 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, Nigeria. Mbwana garnered a total of 127 points, ahead of his TP Mazembe teammate and DR Congo goalkeeper Robert Muteba Kidiaba, who amassed 88 points. Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah trailed in third place with 63 points.
Shortly after winning the price for best African player in African leagues, he signed a 4.5-year contract with KRC Genk.
International goals
Honours
Individual
