Brice Samba

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Brice Samba
U-19 EC-Qualifikation Austria vs. France 2013-06-10 (116) (cropped).jpg
Samba with France U19 in June 2013
Personal information
Full name Brice Lauriche Samba[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Linzolo, Republic of the Congo
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 30
Youth career
2001–2002 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure
2002–2006 Madeleine Evreux
2006–2011 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Le Havre B 27 (0)
2011–2013 Le Havre 0 (0)
2013–2017 Marseille B 9 (0)
2013–2017 Marseille 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Nancy B (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Nancy (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 Caen B 3 (0)
2017–2019 Caen 43 (0)
2019– Nottingham Forest 110 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2022

Brice Lauriche Samba (born 25 April 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest.

Club career[]

Le Havre[]

Samba joined Le Havre in 2006, working his way through their youth team's before appearing in the first-team in 2011.[2]

Marseille[]

Samba in action with Marseille in the 2013 Valais Cup

On 4 January 2013, Samba joined Marseille from Le Havre AC, signing a four-and-a-half year contract. He made his professional debut for Marseille on 5 January 2014 in a Coupe de France game against Stade de Reims keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home win.[3] On 9 July 2015, Samba joined AS Nancy on a season-long loan.[4]

Caen[]

Samba joined Caen on a four-year deal from Marseille on 30 June 2017.[5][6]

Nottingham Forest[]

On 7 August 2019, Samba joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[7][8][9] He was initially brought in as a backup for on loan goalkeeper Arijanet Muric, but earned his place as Forest's number one after Muric made a number of costly mistakes.[10]

He made his debut for Forest on 13 August 2019 in a 1–0 League Cup victory over Fleetwood Town.[11] His league debut came on 24 August 2019 in a 2–1 win against Fulham.

His impressive performances led him being named the Championship Fans' Player of the Month for November 2019.[12]

On 8 September 2020, Samba was included in the PFA Championship Team of the Year for the 2019–20 season.[13]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 15 January 2022[14]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Le Havre B 2010–11 CFA 1 0 — — — 1 0
2011–12 CFA 17 0 — — — 17 0
2012–13 CFA 9 0 — — — 9 0
Total 27 0 — — — 27 0
Le Havre 2012–13 Ligue 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Marseille B 2012–13 CFA 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
2013–14 CFA 2 3 0 — — — 3 0
CFA 2 4 0 — — — 4 0
2016–17 CFA 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 9 0 — — — 9 0
Marseille 2012–13 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2013–14 Ligue 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
2014–15 Ligue 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2016–17 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Nancy B (loan) 2015–16 CFA 2 2 0 — — — 2 0
Nancy (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 — 5 0
Caen B 2017–18 Championnat National 3 3 0 — — — 3 0
Caen 2017–18 Ligue 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 — 10 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 38 0 0 0 0 0 — 38 0
2019–20 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 43 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 49 0
Nottingham Forest 2019–20 EFL Championship 40 0 0 0 2 0 — 42 0
2020–21 EFL Championship 45 0 0 0 1 0 — 46 0
2021–22 EFL Championship 25 0 1 0 0 0 — 26 0
Total 110 0 1 0 3 0 — 114 0
Career total 197 0 9 0 8 0 0 0 214 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Nottingham Forest" (PDF). English Football League. p. 49. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 : Brice Samba (Caen) raconte les anecdotes et moments de sa carrière, "Quand tu es à Marseille, ta vie change"". France Football.
  3. ^ "Olympique Marseille vs. Reims - 5 January 2014 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ Phocéen, Le (9 July 2015). "Officiel : Brice Samba prêté à Nancy". Le Phocéen.
  5. ^ "Brice Samba, un nouveau gardien au SMC". Stade Malherbe Caen. 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Official | SM Caen pick up goalkeeper Brice Samba | Get French Football News". getfootballnewsfrance.com.
  7. ^ "Brice Samba rejoint Nottingham Forest". Stade Malherbe Caen. 7 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Samba signs". nottinghamforest.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Brice Samba: Nottingham Forest sign goalkeeper from French side Caen". 7 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ Taylor, Paul. "Samba is showing fans that Forest were right to add yet another keeper to their books". The Athletic. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Forest beat Fleetwood to reach round two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Samba clinches Player of the Month award". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. ^ Professional Footballers' Association [@PFA] (8 September 2020). "A massive congratulations to these players, for earning a place in the 2020 PFA Championship Team of the Year. #TOTY #PFAawards t.co/1DEGUXATbG" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Brice Samba at Soccerway

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