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Junior Sambia - Wikipedia

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Junior Sambia
Personal information
Sambia with Montpellier in 2017
Full name	Salomon Sambia^[1]^[2]
Date of birth	(1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)^[3]
Position(s)	Right-back, defensive midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Empoli (on loan from Salernitana)
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2011	Lyon
2011–2013	Mâcon
2013–2014	Chamois Niortais
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Chamois Niortais	76	(6)
2017–2018	→ Montpellier (loan)	28	(1)
2015–2016	Chamois Niortais B	5	(0)
2018–2019	Montpellier B	7	(1)
2018–2022	Montpellier	113	(3)
2022–	Salernitana	40	(1)
2024–	→ Empoli (loan)	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2024

Salomon Sambia (born 7 September 1996), commonly known as Junior Sambia,^[4]^[5]^[6] is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Empoli, on loan from Salernitana. He plays predominantly as a right back, but can also play as a defensive midfielder or winger.

Career

Chamois Niortais

Born in Lyon, Sambia joined the youth set-up at Niort from Mâcon in 2013.^[5] In the summer of 2014, he was awarded a first-team contract alongside fellow youth midfielder Antoine Batisse.^[5] Sambia made his senior debut for Niort on 12 September 2014 in the 1–0 defeat to Dijon at the age of 18 years and 5 days, becoming the youngest player ever to start a professional match for the club.^[7] He went on to make five league appearances in total during the 2014–15 season.^[2]

Montpellier

In August 2017, Sambia joined Montpellier on a one-year loan with an option to buy.^[8] The option would eventually be exercised at the end of the 2017–18 season. In May 2022, his exit from Montpellier at the end of the 2021–22 season was confirmed.^[9]

Salernitana

On 19 July 2022, Sambia signed a four-year contract with Salernitana in Italy.^[10]

On 30 August 2024, Sambia was loaned by Empoli.^[11]

Personal life

Sambia's parents are from the Central African Republic.^{[citation needed]} In April 2020, Sambia was hospitalised after becoming ill and unconscious and was treated in intensive care. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed into an artificial coma.^[12] However, he eventually recovered.^[13]^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2024^[2]^[6]

Appearance and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chamois Niortais	2014–15	Ligue 2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2015–16	Ligue 2	31	2	4	0	0	0	35	2
	2016–17	Ligue 2	37	4	4	0	1^[a]	0	42	4
	2017–18	Ligue 2	3	0	0	0	1^[a]	0	4	0
	Total		76	6	8	0	2	0	86	6
Chamois Niortais B	2015–16	CFA 2	5	0	—		—		5	0
Montpellier (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 1	28	1	2	1	4^[a]	1	34	3
Montpellier	2018–19	Ligue 1	30	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	32	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	17	1	3	0	2^[a]	0	22	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	36	1	5	0	—		41	1
	2021–22	Ligue 1	30	1	3	0	—		33	1
	Total		141	4	14	1	7	1	162	6
Montpellier B	2017–18	National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2018–19	National 3	3	0	—		—		3	0
	2019–20	National 2	3	1	—		—		3	1
			7	1	—		—		7	1
Salernitana	2022–23	Serie A	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
	2023–24	Serie A	18	1	2	0	0	0	20	1
	Total		40	1	2	0	0	0	42	1
Career total			269	12	24	1	9	1	302	14

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in the Coupe de la Ligue

References

^ "La fiche de Salomon Sambia". LFP.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Salomon Sambia". foot-national.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Junior Sambia". U.S. Salernitana 1919. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "Junior Sambia". chamoisniortais.fr. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Philippe Blais (24 July 2014). "Batisse et Sambia: les élèves pros". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Junior Sambia". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ Philippe Jounier (19 March 2015). "Ils travaillent dans l'ombre". La Nouvelle République. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ Castanheira, Julien (23 August 2017). "Officiel - Junior Sambia rejoint le MHSC". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "Montpellier confirm exits of five senior players including Junior Sambia, Mihailo Ristić & Nicholas Gioacchini". Get French Football News. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "SALOMON JUNIOR SAMBIA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Junior Sambia è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" [Junior Sambia is a new footballer] (in Italian). Empoli. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
^ Monaghan, Matt. "Why Junior Sambia is most-important footballer in Europe, as big leagues plot returns - Sport360 News". sport360.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "Nouvelles rassurantes pour Junior Sambia sorti du coma". midilibre.fr. 25 April 2020.
^ "Montpellier player out of coma, recovering - agent". ESPN.com. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junior Sambia.

Junior Sambia at the U.S. Salernitana 1919 website
Junior Sambia – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French

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