Issa Samba (born 29 January 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for First League of the RS club Sloboda Novi Grad . He was born in France and represented it on junior levels, before switching to

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

as a senior.

Club career

Samba made his professional debut for

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in a 2–1 loss to

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on 25 November 2016. On 4 December 2019, he joined Italian

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club Gozzano.

International career

Samba was born in France to parents of Mauritanian descent. He is a youth international for France U17 and 18. He made his debut for the Mauritania national team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Ghana.

Honours

France U17 *

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samba, Issa 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Dreux Mauritanian men's footballers Mauritania men's international footballers French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Mauritanian descent Men's association football defenders AJ Auxerre players AC Gozzano players Ligue 2 players Serie C players Mauritanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy FK Sloboda Novi Grad players Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from Centre-Val de Loire