Lamin Samateh

Lamin Basmen Samateh (born 26 June 1992) is a Gambian football defender who currently plays for Iraqi club Newroz.

Lamin Samateh plays usually as central defender, although he can also play as right-back. While playing in his home country, he was known by the nickname of Gunman.

He came to Zagreb in January 2011 during the 2010–11 Prva HNL winter break, signed from Gambian Championnat National D1 club Steve Biko FC, which ended up relegated. For the rest of the season, he made 7 league appearances scoring one goal, with Lokomotiva in the 2010–11 season.

During 2009 he was part of the Gambian U-17 squad which played in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. During 2010 he was part of Gambian U-20 team. In early 2011 he was part of the Gambian squad at the 2011 African Youth Championship.

On September 3, 2011, he made his debut for the Gambian national team in a match against Namibia for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

On 13 August 2022, Samateh joined Saudi Arabian club Jeddah.

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1992 births

Living people

Gambian men's footballers

The Gambia men's international footballers

The Gambia men's youth international footballers

Gambian expatriate men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players

Kuopion Palloseura players

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players

CO Médenine players

Muaither SC players

Al-Nojoom FC players

Jeddah Club players

Naft Maysan SC players

Croatian Football League players

Slovak First Football League players

Veikkausliiga players

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players

Qatari Second Division players

Saudi First Division League players

Iraq Stars League players

Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia

Expatriate men's footballers in Finland

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Finland

Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia

Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia

Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar

Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia

Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia

Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq