Junior Sambia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salomon Sambia | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chamois Niortais | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2011 | Lyon | ||
| 2011–2013 | Mâcon | ||
| 2013–2014 | Chamois Niortais | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Chamois Niortais | 51 | (2) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:51, 22 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Salomon Sambia[1][2] (born 7 September 1996), commonly known as Junior Sambia,[3][4][5] is a French professional footballer who currently plays for Chamois Niortais. He plays predominantly as a defensive midfielder, but can also play in the centre of the defense.[4]
Born in Lyon, Sambia joined the youth set-up at Niort from Mâcon in 2013.[4] In the summer of 2014, he was awarded a first-team contract alongside fellow youth midfielder Antoine Batisse.[4] Sambia made his senior debut for Niort on 12 September 2014 in the 0–1 defeat at Dijon at the age of 18 years and 5 days, becoming the youngest player ever to start a professional match for the club.[6] He went on to make five league appearances in total during the 2014–15 season.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chamois Niortais | Ligue 2 | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 51 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
References
- ↑ "La fiche de Salomon Sambia". LFP.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Salomon Sambia". foot-national.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "Junior Sambia". chamoisniortais.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Philippe Blais (24 July 2014). "Batisse et Sambia: les élèves pros". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Junior Sambia". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ Philippe Jounier (19 March 2015). "Ils travaillent dans l'ombre". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.