Junior Sambia

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Junior Sambia
Junior Sambia (2017).jpg
Sambia with Montpellier in 2017
Personal information
Full name Salomon Sambia[1][2]
Date of birth (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) right back
Club information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2011 Lyon
2011–2013 Mâcon
2013–2014 Niort
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Niort 76 (6)
2017–2018 → Montpellier (loan) 28 (1)
2018– Montpellier 74 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2017

Salomon Sambia (born 7 September 1996), commonly known as Junior Sambia,[3][4][5] is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. He plays predominantly as a right back, but can also play as a defensive midfielder or winger.

Career[]

Niort[]

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 1–0 defeat to 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]

Montpellier[]

In August 2017, Sambia joined Montpellier on a one-year loan with an option to buy.[7] The option would eventually be exercised at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Personal life[]

Sambia's parents are from the Central African Republic.

In April 2020, Sambia was hospitalised after becoming ill and unconscious and was treated in intensive care. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed into an artificial coma.[8] However, he eventually recovered.[9][10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 6 March 2021[2][5]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chamois Niortais 2014–15 Ligue 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 31 2 4 0 0 0 35 2
2016–17 Ligue 2 37 4 4 0 1[a] 0 42 4
2017–18 Ligue 2 3 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Total 76 6 8 0 2 0 86 6
Montpellier (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 28 1 2 1 4[a] 1 34 3
Montpellier 2018–19 Ligue 1 30 0 1 0 1[a] 0 32 0
2019–20 Ligue 1 17 1 3 0 2[a] 0 22 1
2020–21 Ligue 1 27 0 2 0 — 29 0
Total 102 2 8 1 7 1 107 4
Career total 178 8 13 1 9 1 203 10
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Appearance(s) in the Coupe de la Ligue

References[]

  1. ^ "La fiche de Salomon Sambia". LFP.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Salomon Sambia". foot-national.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Junior Sambia". chamoisniortais.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Philippe Blais (24 July 2014). "Batisse et Sambia: les élèves pros". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Junior Sambia". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ Philippe Jounier (19 March 2015). "Ils travaillent dans l'ombre". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ Castanheira, Julien (23 August 2017). "Officiel - Junior Sambia rejoint le MHSC". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ Monaghan, Matt. "Why Junior Sambia is most-important footballer in Europe, as big leagues plot returns - Sport360 News". sport360.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  9. ^ "Nouvelles rassurantes pour Junior Sambia sorti du coma". midilibre.fr. 25 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Montpellier player out of coma, recovering - agent". ESPN.com. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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