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Christopher Samba
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Congolese-French footballer (born 1984)
OverviewAI-generated
Christopher Samba is a male association football player born in Créteil in 1984. He holds citizenship in France and the Republic of the Congo, representing the latter in international competition. His native language is French, which he also speaks and writes. Born Veijeany Christopher Samba, he plays as a centre-back and wears the number 4 shirt.
His professional career began in 2003. He has played for CS Sedan Ardennes, Hertha BSC II, Queens Park Rangers F.C., and Blackburn Rovers F.C. His competitive experience includes participation in the Premier League.
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Key facts
- 2013
- Queens Park Rangers
- Full name
- Veijeany Christopher Samba
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-03-28 ) 28 March 1984 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Créteil , France
- Height
- 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Defender
- 1997 1999
- D’Issy-les-Moulineaux
- 1999 2001
- Rouen
- 2001 2002
- Sedan
- Years
- Team
- 2002 2003
- Sedan B
- 2003 2004
- Sedan
- 2004 2006
- Hertha BSC II
- 2004 2007
- Hertha BSC
- 2007 2012
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2012 2013
- Anzhi Makhachkala
- 2013 2016
- Dynamo Moscow
- 2016 2017
- Panathinaikos
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of the Congo
- Place of birth
- Créteil
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Aston Villa F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Republic of the Congo
- Mass
- 100
- Image
- Christopher Samba 2012.jpg
- Height
- 195
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1984-03-28
- Commons category
- Christopher Samba
- sport number
- 4
- name in native language
- Christopher Samba
- birth name
- Veijeany Christopher Samba
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Veijeany Christopher Samba (born 28 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Congo national team.
Samba notably played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers where he played for five years, notching up 161 league appearances with 16 goals. He also played top flight football in England for Queens Park Rangers with a spell in the EFL Championship for Aston Villa. He also played for Sedan, Hertha BSC, Anzhi Makhachkala, Dynamo Moscow and Panathinaikos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Christopher Samba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.