Abel Tamata

Abel Tamata

Tamata with PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2015	PSV	28	(0)
2012–2013	→ Roda JC Kerkrade (loan)	22	(0)
2013–2015	→ Jong PSV	30	(0)
2015–2016	FC Groningen	14	(0)
National team‡
2015–	DR Congo	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Abel Tamata (born 5 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Born in the Netherlands, he plays international football for the DR Congo.

Tamata was born in Bergen op Zoom to a Dutch mother and a Congolese father. His father works as a taxi driver. He has a half-sister on his mother's side, and two half-brothers on his father's side. His manager is rapper Ali B, who is married to Tamata's half-sister. Tamata is a Jehovah's Witness.

Tamata has played for PSV and Roda JC Kerkrade.

In June 2015 he signed for FC Groningen.

In March 2015, Tamata received his first call-up for the DR Congo national team for a training camp in Dubai. He made his international debut later that year.