David Sambissa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SC Cambuur | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Bordeaux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Bordeaux B | 53 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Bordeaux | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | US Lège Cap Ferret | 14 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Jong FC Twente | 28 | (2) |
2018– | SC Cambuur | 98 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | France U16 | 6 | (0) |
2013 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
2014 | France U18 | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Congo | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Gabon | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC) |
David Sambissa (born 11 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch club SC Cambuur.[1] Born in France, he represented the Republic of the Congo national team before switching to the Gabon national team.
Club career[]
He started his career with Bordeaux, but played predominantly for their reserve squad in the fourth tier, with occasional appearances on the bench for the senior squad.[2]
After spending the 2016–17 season in the fifth tier with US Lège Cap Ferret, he moved to the Netherlands, signing with Twente. He didn't play for the main squad there either.
On 23 April 2018, he signed a one-year contract (with one-year extension option) with another Dutch club, Cambuur.[3]
He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Cambuur on 17 August 2018 in a game against N.E.C., as a starter.[4]
International career[]
Born in France, Sambissa is of Gabonese and Republic of the Congo descent.[5] He was a youth international for France. He represented the senior Republic of the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 10 June 2021.[6]
In October 2021, he switched allegiances to join the Gabonese national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Angola on 8 and 11 October 2021.[7] He debuted with Gabon in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Angola on 11 October 2021.[8]
References[]
- ^ David Sambissa at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Europa League - Bordeaux v Rubin Kazan game report". UEFA. 10 December 2015.
- ^ "SC CAMBUUR VERSTERKT ZICH MET DAVID SAMBISSA" [SC CAMBUUR SIGNS DAVID SAMBISSA] (in Dutch). Cambuur. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Sport | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". adiac.netisse.eu.
- ^ "Niger-Congo: les Diables rouges battent le Mena 1-0 en amical | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
- ^ "Football: David Sambissa officiellement Panthère du Gabon". gabonreview.com.
- ^ "FIFA". FIFA. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
External links[]
- Career stats - Voetbal International
- David Sambissa at Soccerway
- David Sambissa at WorldFootball.net
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
- People with acquired Gabonese citizenship
- Gabonese footballers
- Gabon international footballers
- People with acquired Republic of the Congo citizenship
- Republic of the Congo footballers
- Republic of the Congo international footballers
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- Gabonese people of Republic of the Congo descent
- Republic of the Congo people of Gabonese descent
- French sportspeople of Gabonese descent
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- Association football midfielders
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- US Lège Cap Ferret players
- FC Twente players
- SC Cambuur players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Derde Divisie players
- Gabonese expatriate footballers
- Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Dual internationalists (football)
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players