David Sambissa
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 İstanbulspor
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2012 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Bordeaux B 53
2016–2017 US Lège Cap Ferret 14 (0)
2017–2018 Jong Twente 26 (2)
2018–2023 Cambuur 127 (5)
2023– İstanbulspor 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 France U16 6 (0)
2013 France U17 2 (0)
2014 France U18 1 (0)
2021 Congo 1 (0)
2021– Gabon 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:37, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

David Sambissa (born 11 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Süper Lig club İstanbulspor.[1] Born in France, he played for the Republic of the Congo national team before switching to the Gabon national team.

Club career

He started his career with Bordeaux, but played predominantly for their reserve squad in the fourth tier, with occasional appearances on the bench for the senior squad.[2]

After spending the 2016–17 season in the fifth tier with US Lège Cap Ferret, he moved to the Netherlands, signing with Twente. He didn't play for the main squad there either.

On 23 April 2018, he signed a one-year contract (with one-year extension option) with another Dutch club, Cambuur.[3]

He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Cambuur on 17 August 2018 in a game against N.E.C., as a starter.[4]

On July 12, 2023, he signed with Süper Lig clug İstanbulspor.[5]

International career

Born in France, Sambissa is of Gabonese and Republic of the Congo descent.[6] He was a youth international for France. He represented the senior Republic of the Congo national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Niger on 10 June 2021.[7]

In October 2021, he switched allegiances to join the Gabonese national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Angola on 8 and 11 October 2021.[8] He debuted with Gabon in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Angola on 11 October 2021.[9]

References

  1. ↑ David Sambissa at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Europa League - Bordeaux v Rubin Kazan game report". UEFA. 10 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "SC CAMBUUR VERSTERKT ZICH MET DAVID SAMBISSA" [SC CAMBUUR SIGNS DAVID SAMBISSA] (in Dutch). Cambuur. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "İstanbulspor, David Sambissa'yı kadrosuna kattı". milliyet.com.tr (in Turkish). July 12, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sport | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". adiac.netisse.eu.
  7. ↑ "Niger-Congo: les Diables rouges battent le Mena 1-0 en amical | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
  8. ↑ "Football: David Sambissa officiellement Panthère du Gabon". gabonreview.com.
  9. ↑ "FIFA". FIFA. 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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