David Sambissa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | İstanbulspor | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bonneuil-sur-Marne | |||
| –2012 | Bordeaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Bordeaux B | 53 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | US Lège Cap Ferret | 14 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Jong Twente | 27 | (2) |
| 2018–2023 | Cambuur | 127 | (5) |
| 2023– | İstanbulspor | 93 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | France U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Congo | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Gabon | 22 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
David Sambissa (born 11 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for TFF 1. 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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux B | 2012–13 | CFA | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | CFA | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | CFA | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | CFA | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 2 | — | — | — | 53 | 2 | |||||
| US Lège Cap Ferret | 2016–17 | National 3 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Jong Twente | 2017–18 | Derde Divisie | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| Cambuur | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 127 | 5 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 135 | 5 | ||||
| İstanbulspor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | TFF 1. Lig | 35 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 40 | 5 | ||
| 2025–26 | TFF 1. Lig | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| Total | 93 | 7 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 103 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 314 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 336 | 18 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 30 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Cambuur
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ David Sambissa at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Europa League - Bordeaux v Rubin Kazan game report". UEFA. 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "SC CAMBUUR VERSTERKT ZICH MET DAVID SAMBISSA" [SC CAMBUUR SIGNS DAVID SAMBISSA] (in Dutch). Cambuur. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "İstanbulspor, David Sambissa'yı kadrosuna kattı". milliyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ↑ "Sport | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". adiac.netisse.eu.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Football: David Sambissa officiellement Panthère du Gabon". gabonreview.com. 4 October 2021.
- ↑ "FIFA". FIFA. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career stats - Voetbal International
- David Sambissa at Soccerway
- David Sambissa at WorldFootball.net
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Black French sportspeople
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Derde Divisie players
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- FC Twente players
- Footballers from Val-de-Marne
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- French sportspeople of Gabonese descent
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- Gabon men's international footballers
- Gabonese expatriate men's footballers
- Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Gabonese men's footballers
- Gabonese people of Republic of the Congo descent
- İstanbulspor footballers
- Jong FC Twente players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- Republic of the Congo people of Gabonese descent
- SC Cambuur players
- Sportspeople from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
- US Lège Cap Ferret players
- 21st-century French sportsmen