Christopher Samba
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| Christopher Samba | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Veijeany Christopher Samba | |
| Date of birth | March 28, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Créteil, France | |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 |
d’Issy-les-Moulineaux FC Rouen Sedan |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007– |
Sedan Hertha Berlin Blackburn Rovers |
4 (0) 20 (0) 55 (5) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004– | Congo | 20 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Veijeany Christopher Samba (born March 28, 1984 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne) is a French Congolese football player. Despite having been born in France, Samba represents the Congo national football team at the international level.
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[edit] Football career
A 195 cm (6ft 5in) tall defender, Samba started his career with FC Rouen before spells at CS Sedan (he played 26 games for the reserve and 4 games for the first team) and Hertha Berlin.
Struggling to break into the first team[1] he was invited by Mark Hughes to undertake a five-day trial at Blackburn Rovers, eventually signing a three and a half year deal for £400,000 on January 25, 2007. He made his Rovers debut against Luton Town in the FA Cup 4th Round, as a 69th minute sub for Ryan Nelsen and his Premiership debut on January 31 against Chelsea.[2] His first start for the club came in the home encounter against Sheffield United on February 3, 2007, a game Rovers won 2–1 with an injury time free kick from Morten Gamst Pedersen. Although he already played for Hertha Berlin in the UEFA Cup, Samba was eligible to play for Blackburn in European competitions. Samba scored his first goal at Ewood Park against West Ham on March 17, 2007.
Following Samba's performances in his debut season, he established himself as a starter in the 2007–08 campaign. On 22 October 2007 Blackburn announced Samba had signed a new long-term contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2012.
[edit] Club career statistics
- (correct as of 28 September 2008)[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[4] | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | 2006–07 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 65 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Hertha Berlin Tactical Formations". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
- ^ "Statistics". soccernet.com. Retrieved on September 28, 2008.
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
[edit] External links
- Christopher Samba career stats at Soccerbase
- Samba proflle on national-football-teams.com
- (French) Christopher Samba French league stats at lfp.fr
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