Amara_Simba
Amara Simba
French-Senegalese footballer
Amara Simba (born 23 December 1961) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amara Simba | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-12-23) December 23, 1961 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1981 | Jeanne d’Arc | ||
| 1981–1983 | FCR Houdanaise | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | Versailles | ||
| 1986–1993 | Paris Saint-Germain | 126 | (19) |
| 1990–1991 | → Cannes (loan) | 28 | (10) |
| 1993–1994 | Monaco | 32 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | Caen | 37 | (12) |
| 1995–1996 | Lille | 39 | (4) |
| 1996–1998 | León | ||
| 1998–2000 | Leyton Orient | 37 | (13) |
| 2000 | Kingstonian | 8 | (6) |
| 2000 | → Kingstonian (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2000 | St. Albans City | 5 | (2) |
| 2000 | Kettering Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | St. Albans City | 3 | (1) |
| 2001 | Barnet | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Billericay Town | 13 | (4) |
| 2002 | Clacton Town | ||
| International career | |||
| 1991–1992 | France | 3 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During his career, Simba played for Jeanne d'Arc, FCR Houdanaise, Versailles, Paris Saint-Germain, Cannes, Monaco, Caen and Lille in France, León in Mexico and Leyton Orient, Kingstonian, Kettering Town, Barnet, St. Albans City, Billericay Town and Clacton Town in England.[2]
Simba's move to Leyton Orient came about as a result of training with the club to keep fit whilst on holiday in London.
He was awarded most beautiful goal of the French Division in 1992-93 for a goal in which he received the ball, controlled it with his chest and finished it off with a bicycle kick.
Simba was also selected to play for the France national team on three occasions, by then manager Michel Platini. He scored one goal, but injury prevented his participation in Euro 92 and his international career came to an end.[3]
Paris Saint-Germain
- Amara Simba at Soccerway
- "Amara SIMBA". Histoire du #PSG. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- "AMARA SIMBA". FFF. Retrieved 20 August 2020.[permanent dead link]
- Amara Simba at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Amara Simba at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Amara Simba – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Career stats
- Amara Simba – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
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