Mbwana Samatta
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Mbwana Samatta
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Mbwana Ally Samatta | |
birthday | December 23, 1992 | |
place of birth | Dar es Salaam , Tanzania | |
size | 180 cm | |
position | striker | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
2008-2010 | African Lyon FC | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2010-2011 | Simba SC | 25 (13) |
2011-2016 | TP Mazembe | 103 (60) |
2016-2020 | KRC Genk | 143 (53) |
2020– | Aston Villa | 0 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2011– | Tanzania | 55 (21) |
1 Only league games are given. As of January 19, 2020 2 As of November 19, 2019 |
Mbwana Ally Samatta (born December 23, 1992 in Dar es Salaam ) is a Tanzanian national soccer player . The striker has played for English club Aston Villa since January 2020 .
Club career
Mbwana Samatta played for African Lyon FC in his youth, from where he moved to the first division club Simba SC in 2010 . Just a year later, he joined the top African club TP Mazembe in the DR Congo . Here he celebrated the national championship four times and won the CAF Champions League in 2015 .
On January 29, 2016, he moved on to the Belgian first division club KRC Genk for a transfer fee of € 800,000 .
In May 2019 Samatta received the Ebbenhouten Schoen , an award for the best African player or player of African descent in Division 1A .
On January 20, 2020, Samatta moved to the English club Aston Villa and signed a contract there until summer 2024.
National team
In the 52 international matches for Tanzania so far , the striker has scored 19 goals. He made his debut on March 26, 2011 in the home game against Central Africa , where he promptly scored the 2-1 winner. He has been the captain of the national team since 2016 and played for them in all three group matches in the 2019 Africa Cup . After three defeats Tanzania was eliminated there after the group stage.
titles and achievements
- Champion DR Congo : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- CAF Champions League : 2015
- Belgian champion : 2018/19 ( KRC Genk )
- Belgian Supercup Winner : 2019 (KRC Genk)
- Ebbenhouten Schoen : 2019
Web links
- Mbwana Samatta in the database of weltfussball.de
- Mbwana Samatta in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samatta volgt Limbombe op en wint ebbenhouten schoen. In: nieuws365.be. May 6, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 (Dutch).
- ↑ Samatta signs for Aston Villa. Aston Villa, January 20, 2020, accessed January 20, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Samatta, Mbwana |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Samatta, Mbwana Ally (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tanzanian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dar es Salaam , Tanzania |