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 21)
Place of birth Cameroon
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back [2]
Team information
Current team
Gent
Number 2
Youth career
APEJES Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2025 Malmö FF 1 (0)
2022Olympic (loan) 24 (1)
2023Landskrona BoIS (loan) 14 (0)
2024–2025Värnamo (loan) 17 (1)
2025– Gent 0 (0)
International career
2021– Cameroon U20 [3] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023

Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 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]

Career statistics

Club

Updated 4 May 2023. [3]
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olympic (loan)2022 Ettan Södra 24100241
Total2410000241
Malmö FF 2023 Allsvenskan 100010
Total10000010
Career total2510000251

    Honours

    Malmö FF

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    2. Samuel Kotto at WorldFootball.net
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