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 26)
Place of birth Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back, defensive midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2011 Lyon
2011–2013 Mâcon
2013–2014 Chamois Niortais
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Chamois Niortais 76 (6)
2017–2018 → Montpellier (loan) 28 (1)
2015–2016 Chamois Niortais B 5 (0)
2018–2019 Montpellier B 7 (1)
2018–2022 Montpellier 113 (3)
2022– Salernitana 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023(UTC)

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

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Career

Chamois Niortais

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. In May 2022, his exit from Montpellier at the end of the 2021–22 season was confirmed. [8]

Salernitana

On 19 July 2022, Sambia signed a four-year contract with Salernitana in Italy. [9]

Personal life

Sambia's parents are from the Central African Republic.[ citation needed ] 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. [10] However, he eventually recovered. [11] [12]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2022 [2] [5]
Appearance and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chamois Niortais 2014–15 Ligue 2 50000050
2015–16 Ligue 23124000352
2016–17 Ligue 2374401 [lower-alpha 1] 0424
2017–18 Ligue 230001 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Total7668020866
Chamois Niortais B 2015–16 CFA 2 50——50
Montpellier (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 281214 [lower-alpha 1] 1343
Montpellier 2018–19 Ligue 1300101 [lower-alpha 1] 0320
2019–20 Ligue 1171302 [lower-alpha 1] 0221
2020–21 Ligue 136150—411
2021–22 Ligue 130130—331
Total1414141711626
Montpellier B 2017–18 National 310——10
2018–19 National 330——30
2019–20 National 231——31
71——71
Career total229112219126013
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in the Coupe de la Ligue

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References

  1. ↑ "La fiche de Salomon Sambia". LFP.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Salomon Sambia". foot-national.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Junior Sambia". chamoisniortais.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Philippe Blais (24 July 2014). "Batisse et Sambia: les élèves pros". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Montpellier confirm exits of five senior players including Junior Sambia, Mihailo Ristić & Nicholas Gioacchini". Get French Football News. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "SALOMON JUNIOR SAMBIA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Monaghan, Matt. "Why Junior Sambia is most-important footballer in Europe, as big leagues plot returns - Sport360 News". sport360.com. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  11. ↑ "Nouvelles rassurantes pour Junior Sambia sorti du coma". midilibre.fr. 25 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Montpellier player out of coma, recovering - agent". ESPN.com. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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