Ibrahim Samuel Amada (born 28 February 1990) is a Malagasy professional

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who last played for

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and the

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as a

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Club career

Amada was born in

Antananarivo Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...

, Madagascar. On 30 January 2011, Amada went on trial with Algerian club

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

. A few days later, he signed a one-year contract with the club becoming the first Malagasy player to sign in Algeria. On 4 March 2011, Amada made his official debut for JS Kabylie in a

2010–11 Algerian Cup The 2010–11 Algerian Cup was the 47th edition of the Algerian Cup. JS Kabylie won the Cup by defeating USM El Harrach 1–0 in the final with a goal from Farès Hamiti in the 13th minute. It was the fifth time in the club's history that JS Kaby ...

match against

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playing the entire game as JS Kabylie won 1–0. Amada was released from the club at the end of season, making just 11 league appearances. On 28 July 2012, Amada signed a three-year contract with

USM El Harrach Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian Association football, football club based in El Harrach, a suburb of Algiers. The club was founded in 1935 as Union Sportive Musulmane ...

. On 30 January 2022, Amada joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah.

International career

On 11 October 2008, Amada made his debut for the

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qualifier against

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as a substitute in the 74th minute. However, Madagascar went on to lose the game 3–0.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first.''

Honours

Academie Ny Antsika *

THB Champions League The PFL Championnat de Football National Division 1, known as the Coca-Cola Pureplay Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the premier association football league in Madagascar. Prior to 2019, it was known as the Three Horses Beer-sponsored ...

: 2008 ES Sétif *

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (), known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the co ...

: 2016–17 *

Algerian Super Cup The Algerian Super Cup () is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1981 and then again in 1992, 1994 and 1995 before being scrapp ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

JS Kabylie *

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MC Alger *

Best Foreign Player: 2018–19 Individual * THB Champions League Best Player: 2008 Award * Knight Order of Madagascar: 2019

References

External links

DZFoot Profile

Académie JMG Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amada, Ibrahim Living people 1990 births Malagasy men's footballers Madagascar men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Academie Ny Antsika players JS Kabylie players AS Khroub players USM El Harrach players ES Sétif players MC Alger players Al-Khor SC players Al-Markhiya SC players Al Qadsiah FC players Ibrahim Amada Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Qatar Stars League players Qatari Second Division players Saudi First Division League players Ibrahim Amada Malagasy expatriate men's footballers Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Footballers from Antananarivo 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Madagascar