Mbwana Ally Samatta

Mbwana Ally Samatta

Mbwana Samatta playing for Tanzania
Personal information
Full name	Mbwana Ally Samatta
Date of birth	13 December 1992
Place of birth	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	KRC Genk
Number	77
Youth career
2008–2010	African Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2011	Simba SC	25	(13)
2011–2016	TP Mazembe	103	(60)
2016–	KRC Genk	9	(5)
National team^‡
2011–	Tanzania	22	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:48, 16 April 2016 (UTC. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09 January 2016

Mbwana Ally Samatta (born 13 December 1992) known as Mbwana Samatta is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Genk and the Tanzania national football team.

In January 2016, he became the first player from East Africa to be crowned the CAF African Player of the Year based on the continent. Samatta was a key figure as TP Mazembe won 2015 CAF Champions League crown scoring seven goals in the process and finished as the competition’s top scorer. During the Glo-CAF Award gala which took place on 07/01/2016 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, Nigeria. Mbwana garnered a total of 127 points, ahead of his TP Mazembe teammate and DR Congo goalkeeper Robert Muteba Kidiaba, who amassed 88 points. Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah trailed in third place with 63 points.^[1] Shortly after winning the price for best African player in African leagues, he signed a contract with KRC Genk a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Personal life The son of former policeman and a footballer

References

1. "Tanzania’s Samatta is African Player of the Year Based in Africa". www.kawowo.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.