Hamada Jambay

Last updated

Hamada Jambay
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-04-25) 25 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Iconi, Comoros
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1984–1986 Trois Cités Marseille
1986–1993 Marseille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1999 Marseille 113 (4)
1999–2001 Toulouse 43 (0)
2002–2005 Sedan 79 (0)
Total235(4)
International career
1992 France U17 3 (0)
1996 France U21 1 (0)
2003–2007 Madagascar 4 (0)
Managerial career
Comoros U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamada Jambay (born 25 April 1975) is a football manager and former professional player who played for as a right-back in the French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. He is best known for his stint at Olympique de Marseille throughout the 1990s. Born in Comoros, Jambay grew up in France and played for the Madagascar national team internationally.

Contents

Club career

Jambay debuted for Marseille in 1993 in the Ligue 1 and stayed with the team throughout their stint in the Ligue 2 from 1994 to 1996. He helped the team get promoted back to the Ligue 1, and was a pillar for the team famous for his occasional wondergoal.

After Marseille, he had spells with Toulouse FC and CS Sedan Ardennes. He retired in 2005, returning to Comoros where he became a businessman. He also coached his hometown team Djabal Club d'Iconi and helped them win their only Comoros Premier League title. [1]

International career

Jambay was born in Comoros and is of Malagasy descent through his mother. Raised in France, Jambay was originally a youth international for France. He chose to represent the Madagascar national team and represtend them from 2003 to 2007. [2] He made his debut for Madagascar in a 3–1 loss against Algeria on 24 April 2003 in friendly game. [3]

Personal life

After retirement, Jambay had a stadium named after him in the Busserine district in Marseille, where he grew up. [4]

Honours

Marseille

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olympique de Marseille</span> Association football club in France

Olympique de Marseille, also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM, is a French professional football club based in Marseille that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, the club has won nine league titles, ten Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles, three Trophée des Champions titles, a national record of one UEFA Champions League and a joint national record of one UEFA Intertoto Cup. Additionally, Marseille has played in three UEFA Europa League finals. In 1993, coach Raymond Goethals led the team to become the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League, defeating Milan 1–0 in the final, the first under the UEFA Champions League branding of the tournament. In 2010, Marseille won its first Ligue 1 title in 18 years under the management of former club captain Didier Deschamps.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Élie Baup</span> French footballer and manager

Élie Baup is a French football manager and a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last post was the manager of Ligue 1 side Marseille.

Manuel dos Santos Fernandes, known as Dos Santos, is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in Cape Verde, Dos Santos represented France internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vitorino Hilton</span> Brazilian footballer

Vitorino Hilton da Silva, commonly known as Vitorino Hilton or just Hilton, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ronald Zubar</span> Guadeloupean footballer (born 1985)

Ronald Raymond Zubar is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jérémy Morel</span> Malagasy footballer (born 1984)

Jérémy Morel is a former professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Madagascar national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurent Batlles</span> French football manager and former player

Laurent Batlles is a French former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder, and current manager.

Éric Yves Di Meco is a French former professional footballer who played as a left back.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolas Nkoulou</span> Cameroonian footballer (born 1990)

Nicolas Julio Nkoulou Ndoubena, known as Nicolas Nkoulou, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Amed SK and the Cameroon national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kassim Abdallah</span> Footballer (born 1987)

Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucas Ocampos</span> Argentine footballer (born 1994)

Lucas Ariel Ocampos is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Liga MX club Monterrey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Gadi</span> French footballer (born 1992)

Chris Gadi N'Kiasala is a French professional footballer. He plays as a winger, is equally comfortable playing on both right and the left winger positions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rafidine Abdullah</span> Comorian footballer

Rafidine Abdullah is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baptiste Aloé</span> French footballer (born 1994)

Baptiste Aloé is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championnat National 2 club SAS Épinal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Faïz Selemani</span> Footballer (born 1993)

Faïz Selemani is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Riyadh. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maxime Lopez</span> French footballer (born 1997)

Maxime Baila Lopez is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 2 club Paris FC.

Abdallah Ali Mohamed is a Comoran professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss Super League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy and the Comoros national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quentin Merlin</span> French footballer (born 2002)

Quentin Merlin is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille.

Yakine Said M'Madi is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Olympique de Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

Bilal Nadir is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille since 2023. Born in France, he is a youth international for Morocco.

References

  1. ↑ "What has become of you? Hamada Jambay". 24 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hamada Jambay, le canonnier malgache de l'OM". www.orange.mg.
  3. ↑ Hamada Jambay at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ "Des nouvelles de... Hamada Jambay". 27 September 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.