Issa Samba

Issa Samba (born 29 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for First League of the RS club Sloboda Novi Grad .^[1] He was born in France and represented it on junior levels, before switching to Mauritania as a senior.

Issa Samba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Dreux, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sloboda Novi Grad
Youth career
2004–2010	Port SPL Dreux
2010–2012	Centre Formation F.Paris
2012–2016	Auxerre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Auxerre II	24	(0)
2016–2019	Auxerre	2	(0)
2019–2020	Gozzano	2	(0)
2021–	Sloboda Novi Grad	0	(0)
International career‡
2015	France U17	7	(1)
2015–2016	France U18	7	(0)
2019–	Mauritania	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Samba made his professional debut for AJ Auxerre in a 2–1 loss to Tours FC on 25 November 2016.^[2]

On 4 December 2019, he joined Italian Serie C club Gozzano.^[3]

International career

Samba was born in France to parents of Mauritanian descent.^[4] He is a youth international for France U17 and 18.^[5] He made his debut for the Mauritania national team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Ghana.^[6][7]

Honours

France U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2015^[8]