Samuel Moutoussamy

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Samuel Moutoussamy
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Moutoussamy with Nantes in 2023
Personal information
Full name Samuel Albert Alain Arcade Moutoussamy [1]
Date of birth (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 92
Youth career
2003–2010 Meudon AS
2010–2011 Boulogne-Billancourt
2011 Montrouge FC 92
2011–2016 Lyon
2016–2017 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Lyon B 50 (2)
2016–2018 Nantes B 40 (5)
2017–2024 Nantes 144 (3)
2020–2021 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 14 (0)
2024–2025 Sivasspor 30 (0)
2025– Atromitos 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– DR Congo 32 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 February 2024

Samuel Albert Alain Arcade Moutoussamy (born 12 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek Super League club Atromitos. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.

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Club career

Moutoussamy made his professional debut for Nantes in a 1–0 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 12 August 2017. [3] On 6 October 2020, he joined Fortuna Sittard on loan. [4]

On 29 January 2023, in the 0–0 draw against Clermont Foot, he played his 100th game in Ligue 1 with Nantes. Three days later, the club rewarded him for the achievement. [5]

International career

Moutoussamy was born in metropolitan France to an Indo-Guadeloupean father and a Congolese mother. [6] He debuted for the DR Congo national team in a 1–1 friendly tie with Algeria on 10 October 2019. [7]

On 27 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 24 Congolese players selected by Sébastien Desabre to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life

He was born in Paris, France. His mother is Congolese, and his father is Indo-Guadeloupean of Tamil origin.

Honours

Nantes

References

  1. ↑ "Samuel Albert Alain Arcade Moutoussamy". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Moutoussamy". FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 2ème journée - FC Nantes / Olympique de Marseille". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ↑ "SAMUEL MOUTOUSSAMY TWEEDE AANWINST OP DEADLINEDAY" (Press release) (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "SAMUEL MOUTOUSSAMY À L'HONNEUR EN AVANT-MATCH" (in French). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Lavon, Steven (17 May 2019). "Samuel Moutoussamy: il ouvre la porte à la RDC".
  7. ↑ "Internationaux – Résultats et programme des Nantais !". FR.
  8. ↑ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 – 2022 – FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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