Samuel Kotto

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Samuel Kotto
Personal information
Full name Samuel Junior Kotto
Date of birth (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Cameroon
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position Centre-back [2]
Team information
Current team
 Reims
(on loan from Gent)
Number 22
Youth career
APEJES Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Malmö FF 1 (0)
2022 → Olympic (loan) 24 (1)
2023 → Landskrona BoIS (loan) 14 (0)
2024 → Värnamo (loan) 17 (1)
2025– Gent 20 (0)
2026– → Reims (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Cameroon U20 [3] 1 (0)
2025– Cameroon [3] 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 January 2026

Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Reims, on loan from Belgian Pro League club Gent. [4] [5] [6] [1]

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Club career

After a successful trial with Malmö FF in 2021, Kotto signed a contract with the club on 9 March 2022. [7] A month later, it was announced that Kotto would spend the next four months on loan at BK Olympic. [8] Kotto played out the 2022 season with Olympic and returned to Malmö FF for the 2023 season, where he made his professional debut against Varbergs BoIS on 4 May 2023 when he entered as a substitute for Taha Ali in the 81st minute. [3] [9]

On 20 January 2025, Kotto signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gent in Belgium. [10]

On 20 January 2026, Kotto was loaned to Ligue 2 club Reims until the end of the season. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 January 2026. [3]
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olympic (loan)2022 Ettan Södra 24100——241
Malmö FF 2023 Allsvenskan 1000——10
Landskrona (loan) 2023 Superettan 14010——150
Värnamo (loan) 2024 Allsvenskan17140—2 [a] 0231
Gent 2024–25 Belgian Pro League 100—00—100
2025–26 Belgian Pro League8020——100
Total180200000200
Reims
(loan)		 2025–26 Ligue 2 0000——00
Career total742700020832
  1. ↑ Appearances in Relegation play-off

International

As of match played 9 January 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 202310
202520
202620
Total50


Honours

Malmö FF

References

  1. 1 2 "Samuel Kotto". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Samuel Kotto at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 Samuel Kotto at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lämnade Kamerun för MFF: "Hade aldrig varit i Europa förut"". Sydsvenskan. 19 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "MFF värvar från Kamerun: "Min dröm är uppfylld nu"". Expressen. 9 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "MFF lånar ut Kotto till Olympic". skd.se. 4 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Samuel Kotto!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Samuel Kotto lånas ut till BK Olympic". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Varbergs BoIS - Malmö FF". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Samuel Kotto versterkt KAA Gent" [Samuel Kotto strengthens KAA Gent] (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Le SDR renforce son arrière-garde avec Samuel Kotto" [SDR strengthens its back line with Samuel Kotto] (in French). Stade de Reims. 20 January 2026.
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