Mour Samb

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Mour Samb
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Mour Samb in 2022
Personal information
Full name Elhadji Mour Samb
Date of birth (1994-01-08) 8 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Saly, Senegal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Diambars
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Diambars
2012–2015 Lille B 41 (7)
2015–2017 Diambars
2017–2018 Tromsø 25 (0)
2019 Ottawa Fury 18 (7)
2020 Saint Louis FC 9 (2)
2021 Diambars
2022 HFX Wanderers 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2022

Elhadji Mour Samb (born 8 January 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer.

Contents

Early life

Samb was born in Saly, Senegal and developed with local club Diambars. [1]

Club career

He began his senior career with Diambars. [1]

In 2012, he joined French club Lille, signing a three-year trainee contract after a successful trial. [1] [2] He played for the Lille B side, scoring seven goals in 41 appearances. [1] After three years, he left the club. [3]

After recovering from an injury, he returned to his former club Diambars in 2015. [1] In 2016, he won the Senegalese League Cup. [4] In 2017, he scored ten goals in 16 league games. [5]

In late 2016, Samb went on trial with Turkish clubs Bursaspor and Gaziantepspor, before going on trial with Norwegian club Tromsø in September. [6] After a week and a half trial, he returned home to Senegal while the club considered whether to extend a contract offer. [7] He later returned to the club on trial in 2017. [8] In March 2017, Samb joined Tromsø, signing a four-year contract, [9] with Diambars retaining a sell-on clause. [10] It took about a month for the transfer to be finalized as he awaited his work permit. [11] On 3 August 2018, Samb left Tromsø by mutual consent. [12]

Samb signed with Canadian side Ottawa Fury FC in February 2019, after a successful trial. [13] [14] After starting the season with seven goals and four assists in 14 games, Samb suffered a foot injury which caused him to miss the next 13 games. [15] He finished the season with eight goals and six assists in 19 matches, [16] including a goal in a playoff loss to the Charleston Battery. [17]

In January 2020, Samb joined USL Championship club Saint Louis FC. [18] He scored his first goal on August 16 against Sporting Kansas City II. [19]

After a third spell with Diambars, Samb returned to Canada on 9 May 2022, signing a one-year contract with an option for 2023 with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers. [20] He made his debut for the Wanderers on May 20 as a substitute against Forge FC. [21] In December 2022, HFX announced that Samb would not return for the 2023 season. [22]

Personal life

Samb is a Canadian permanent resident. [23]

Career statistics

As of 9 October 2022 [24]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffs [lower-alpha 1] National Cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille B 2012–13 Championnat de France Amateur 103——00103
2013–14 Championnat de France Amateur91——0091
2014–15 Championnat de France Amateur223——00223
Total417000000417
Tromsø 2017 Eliteserien 160—1000170
2018 Eliteserien90—2000110
Total250003000280
Ottawa Fury 2019 USL Championship 1871100—198
Saint Louis FC 2020 USL Championship922000—112
HFX Wanderers 2022 Canadian Premier League 91—10—101
Career total1021731400010918
  1. ↑ Includes appearances in the USL Championship playoffs.
  2. ↑ Includes appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "STLFC Signs Forward Elhadji Mour Samb". Our Sports Central. 18 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mour Samb de retour à Diambars avant une nouvelle aventure européenne" [Mour Samb back in Diambars before a new European adventure]. Galensfoot (in French). 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Elhadji Mour Samb : «Pourquoi je n'ai pas réussi à Lille" [Elhadji Mour Samb: "Why I did not succeed in Lille]. Foot Senegal (in French). 2 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sénégal : Diambars, vainqueur de la Coupe de la Ligue 2016" [Senegal: Diambars, winner of the 2016 League Cup]. Sports Info (in French).
  5. ↑ Campbell, Don (31 May 2019). "Fury's Samb hopes to continue goal-a-game streak". Ottawa Sun .
  6. ↑ Strøm, Petter; Grindstein, Gunnar (28 September 2016). "Håper Samb kan være ny gullkalv" [Hope Samb can be a new golden calf]. NRK (in Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Robertsen, Rune (7 October 2016). "Senegalesere kan komme gratis til Tromsø" [Senegalese can come to Tromsø for free]. Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Pettersen, Per Møller (8 March 2017). "Tromsø henter Samb og Dioury" [Tromsø picks up Samb and Dioury]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
  9. ↑ "Officiel: Diambars: Mehdi Dioury et Mour Samb ont signé un contrat de 4 ans avec Tromso (D1 Norvège)" [Official: Diambars: Mehdi Dioury and Mour Samb have signed a 4-year contract with Tromso (D1 Norway)]. WIW Sport (in French). 8 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Eilertsen, Tobias Stein; Eidissen, Lars (8 March 2017). "Samb og Dioury signerte for TIL" [Samb and Dioury signed for TIL]. Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian).
  11. ↑ Robertsen, Rune (5 April 2017). "Senegaleser endelig spilleklar for TIL" [Senegalese finally ready to play for TIL]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  12. ↑ "Forlater Til" [Leaving TIL] (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. 3 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Fury FC adds three to roster, including two 2019 Capacity Cup Trialists". Ottawa Fury FC . 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019.
  14. ↑ "Ottawa Fury FC sign two trialists, take Montreal Impact defender on loan". Global News . 13 February 2019.
  15. ↑ Don Campbell, Don (1 October 2019). "Return of Mour Samb expected to provide 'crucial' boost for Fury FC". Ottawa Sun .
  16. ↑ Jacques, John (9 May 2022). "Halifax Lands 'Morelli Replacement' Mour Samb". Northern Tribune.
  17. ↑ Murray, Nicholas (23 October 2019). "Battery Keep Nerve, Down Fury FC in Penalty Shootout". USL Championship .
  18. ↑ "Transactions:Saint Louis Snaps Up Mour Samb". USL Championship . 18 January 2020.
  19. ↑ "Saint Louis FC weathers rains, topples KC 3-1". KTRS (AM) . 16 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Wanderers sign forward Mour Samb to contract for 2022 season". HFX Wanderers FC. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "Stories of the Match: Wanderers vs. Forge FC". HFX Wanderers FC . 20 May 2022.
  22. ↑ "Halifax Wanderers announce year-end roster moves". HFX Wanderers FC . 6 December 2022.
  23. ↑ Myrer, George (9 May 2022). "HFX Wanderers sign Kareem Sow and Mour Samb to add depth". SaltWire Network .
  24. ↑ Mour Samb at Soccerway
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