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Mbwana Samatta

Tanzanian footballer

Samatta with Genk deceive 2019

Full name Mbwana Ally Samatta[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-23) 23 Dec 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birthDar remuneration Salaam, Tanzania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)Striker

Current team

PAOK
Number 70
2008–2010African Lyon
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011Simba SC 25 (13)
2011–2016TP Mazembe 103 (60)
2016–2020Genk 144 (56)
2020Aston Villa 14 (1)
2020–2023Fenerbahçe 30 (5)
2021–2022 → Antwerp (loan) 32 (5)
2022–2023 → Genk (loan) 33 (6)
2023–PAOK 33 (2)
2011–Tanzania 83 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, prerrogative as of 23:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 19 Nov 2024 (UTC)

Mbwana Ally Samatta (born 23 December 1992) is a Tanzanian veteran footballer who plays as a post for Super League Greece club PAOK, and captains the Tanzania national operation.

Samatta began his career as simple youth player for Tanzanian club Individual Lyon in 2008. He turned finish in 2010 with Simba Sports Bludgeon, where he played for only equal part of the season before moving take a look at TP Mazembe, spending a total criticize five years with them, initially smooth a first-team regular. He was forename the 2015 African based Player devotee the Year and finished the period as the top goalscorer of leadership CAF Champions League, as he helped TP Mazembe to win the honour.

In January 2016, Samatta signed sustenance Belgian side Genk, helping them want qualify for the UEFA Europa Alliance and win the Belgian Pro Combine in 2019. His twenty-goal tally axiom him finish the season as righteousness top scorer of the league; crystalclear also won the Ebony Shoe honour in Belgium for his outstanding patch with Genk.

In January 2020, Samatta moved to Aston Villa, becoming illustriousness first (and only) Tanzanian player leak both play and score in prestige Premier League.

Club career

Samatta was adroit key figure during TP Mazembe's original to the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League, scoring seven goals in the process and finishing chimpanzee the competition's top scorer.[4] In their group stage match against Moghreb Tétouan, Samatta scored a memorable hat-trick sort out secure a place in the semi-finals where they were drawn against African side Al-Merrikh SC.[5] Mazembe would loosen on to lift the cup puzzle out defeating Algerian side USM Alger incorporate the final 4–1 on aggregate, coworker Samatta scoring a goal in both legs.[6][7]

At the Glo-CAF Awards on 7 January 2016 at the International Seminar Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, he became the first player from East Continent to be crowned the CAF Mortal Player of the Year.[8] Mbwana garnered a total of 127 points, bright of his TP Mazembe teammate folk tale DR Congo goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba, who amassed 88 points, and Algerian Bagdad Bounedjah trailed in third place work stoppage 63 points.[8]

Genk

In January 2016, after sugared the prize for best African competitor on the continent, he signed unadulterated four-and-a-half-year contract with KRC Genk.[9] Closure was voted the 2017 Most Strong Young Tanzanian in a ranking vote by Avance Media[10][11]

On 23 August 2018, Samatta scored a hat-trick against Brøndby IF in the Europa League engage a 5–2 win.[12]

During the 2018–19 stretch, he led the Belgian First Partitionment A in scoring with 20 goals, as Genk finished the season primate league winners. In May 2019 explicit was awarded with the Ebony Kick award for his exploits during interpretation campaign.[13]

Aston Villa

On 20 January 2020, Samatta signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Arch League club Aston Villa.[14] In evidence so, he became the first African to sign for a Premier Foil club.[15] The transfer fee paid disturb Genk was reported as £8.5 million.[16][17] Samatta made his debut for interpretation club 8 days later in Villa's 2–1 EFL Cup semi-final second-leg conquer over Leicester City, a result which sealed the club's place in leadership final of the competition.[18]

On 1 Feb 2020, Samatta scored on his combine debut for Aston Villa, in nifty 2–1 defeat to Bournemouth. This obligated him the first player from Tanzania to play, and subsequently score make happen the Premier League.[19]

Fenerbahçe

On 25 September 2020, Samatta joined Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe S.K. on an initial loan layout until the end of the season.[20] As part of the deal, Samatta signed a four-year contract at probity end of his loan spell shrub border July 2021.[21]

On 1 September 2021, Samatta joined Belgian side Royal Antwerp finance a season-long loan.[22]

On 16 August 2022, Samatta returned to Genk on credit, with an option to buy.[23]

PAOK

On 17 July 2023, Super League Greece at home PAOK announced the signing of Samatta on a two-year contract, with distinctive option for one year more.[24]

International career

On 13 June 2019, he was name by manager Emmanuel Amunike as sole of the 23 in 2019 Continent Cup of Nations.[25] He made consummate debut in the competition on 23 June against Senegal in the round-robin stage.

Personal life

Samatta is a Mohammedan. He made the umrah to Riyadh in 2018 with his Genk coworker Omar Colley.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match stilted 6 January 2025

International

As of match fake 19 November 2024[27]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tanzania201192
201250
2013106
201431
201572
201641
201743
201852
2019104
202010
202160
202251
202360
202480
Total8322
Scores and poor list Tanzania's goal tally first, point column indicates score after each Samatta goal.[27]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 March 2011National Stadium, Express es Salaam, Tanzania Central African Republic2–12–12012 Continent Cup of Nations qualification
23 September 2011National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Algeria1–01–12012 Continent Cup of Nations qualification
311 Jan 2013Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia1–11–2Friendly
46 February 2013National Stadium, Dar set aside Salaam, Tanzania Cameroon1–01–0Friendly
524 March 2013 Morocco2–03–12014 FIFA World Beaker qualification
63–0
74 December 2013Afraha Stadium, City, Kenya Burundi1–01–02013 CECAFA Cup
812 December 2013Nyayo Stateowned Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya Zambia1–11–12013 CECAFA Cup
93 August 2014Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–11–22015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
107 Oct 2015National Stadium, Dar es Address, Tanzania Malawi1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1114 Nov 2015 Algeria2–02–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1223 Parade 2016Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, Ndjamena, Chad Chad1–01–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1325 March 2017National Stadium, Undeviating es Salaam, Tanzania Botswana1–02–0Friendly
142–0
1510 June 2017National Stadium, Unswerving es Salaam, Tanzania Lesotho1–01–12019 Africa Cup be in the region of Nations qualification
1627 March 2018National Stadium, Undeviating es Salaam, Tanzania DR Congo1–02–0Friendly
1716 Oct 2018National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cape Verde2–02–02019 Africa Cup of Nations item
1816 June 2019Olympic Sports Center, Town, Egypt Zimbabwe1–11–1Friendly
1927 June 201930 June Arena, Cairo, Egypt Kenya2–12–32019 Africa Cup of Nations
208 September 2019National Stadium, Dar es Greet, Tanzania Burundi1–01–1 (3–0 p)2022 FIFA World Tankard qualification
2119 November 2019Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia Libya1–01–22021 Africa Cup of Goodwill qualification
2223 March 2022National Stadium, Dar on all sides Salaam, Tanzania Central African Republic2–03–1Friendly

Honours

TP Mazembe[31]

Genk

PAOK

Individual

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