Sanaa Altama (born 23 July 1990) is a former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

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. Born in France, he represented Chad at international level.

Career

Born in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...

, Altama began his career with hometown club

. He did not make a professional appearance for the senior team, but did play on the club's reserve team in the

Championnat de France Amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligu ...

, making over 40 appearances over two seasons before joining

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

in 2010. In June 2010, Altama signed a professional contract with Dijon. He made his professional debut on 19 October 2010 in a 4–0 victory over

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who liv ...

. Altama joined

RWDM RWDM may refer to: * Royal White Daring Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Associat ...

in the beginning of September 2018, but left the club again at the end of 2018.Le RWDM tient son premier transfert hivernal avec Bahnou Diarra
bx1.be, 4 January 2019

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* * * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Lille Chadian footballers Chad international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Chadian descent Black French sportspeople Association football midfielders Dijon FCO players Royal Excel Mouscron players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Sedan Ardennes players LB Châteauroux players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Challenger Pro League players Liga I players French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Romania Chadian expatriate footballers Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Chad-footy-bio-stub