Mbwana Samatta

Mbwana Samatta

Mbwana Samatta playing for Tanzania
Personal information
Full name	Mbwana Ally Samatta
Date of birth	(1992-12-13) 13 December 1992 (age 24)
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–	Genk	40	(12)
National team‡
2011–	Tanzania	29	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:48, 10 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ 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 Belgian side Genk and the Tanzania national football team.

Samatta was a key figure as TP Mazembe won the 2015 CAF Champions League, scoring seven goals in the process and finishing as the competition's top scorer.

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. During the Glo-CAF Award gala which took place on 7 January 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.

Shortly after winning the price for best African player in African leagues, he signed a 4.5-year contract with KRC Genk.

Mbwana Samatta will be the first Tanzanian national to play in Europa League with KRC Genk after he helped his team beat Lokomotiva Zagreb of Croatia 2-0 in Belgium, winning 4-2 on aggregate after both teams drew 2-2 in Croatia.

He played his first ever debut fot KRC Genk in UEFA Europa League (second qualifying round) on 14/7/2016 when Genk won 2-0 against Budućnost Podgorica from Montenegro.