.JPG) Gassama withLorient in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1989-10-20)20 October 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Nouvelle Vague Jeunes | ||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Pennes Mirabeau | ||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Martigues | ||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Aubagne | ||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Lyon | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Lyon | 17 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Lyon B | 12 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Lorient | 110 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Lorient B | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Alanyaspor | 60 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Göztepe | 72 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2022 | Sabadell | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Lausanne-Ouchy | 45 | (1) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2008 | France U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2011–2020 | Senegal | 49 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:39, 17 November 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Lamine Gassama (born 20 October 1989) is a Senegalese professionalfootballer who most recently played as aright back for Swiss clubLausanne-Ouchy.
Gassama grew up in the neighbourhood ofLa Castellane in the city ofMarseille.[2] He began his career playing forFC Martigues, just north of his hometown. After spending two years in theyouth system, he returned to Marseille and joined local clubAubagne FC. There, he caught the attention ofOlympique Lyonnais and joined theclub's academy the following year.
Before the start of the2008–09 season, Gassama was promoted to the first-team squad participating in Lyon's pre-season tour. He appeared in all five matches including starts againstNîmes Olympique,Rapid București, andAS Nancy. On 2 September 2008, it was announced by Lyon that Gassama had signed a professional contract keeping him with the champions until 2011.[3] He made his professional football debut on 29 October 2008 againstFC Sochaux-Montbéliard starting in theright back position. The match resulted in a 2–0 victory with Gassama playing the full 90 minutes.[4]
Gassama made seven league appearances, and also made his debut in theUEFA Champions League starting Lyon's final group stage match againstBayern Munich, with his primary responsibility being to contain fellow Frenchman and the much more experiencedFranck Ribéry. The matchup, in the end, was unquestionably in Ribéry's favor, as Lyon lost the match 2–3 with the French talisman being involved in two of Bayern's goals and Gassama being substituted out in the 64th minute.[5]
On 26 January 2012, Gassama joinedLorient on a free transfer, after Olympique Lyonnais decided not to extend his contract.[6]
On 11 July 2022, Gassama signed withLausanne-Ouchy in Switzerland.[7]
Gassama made no appearances with any ofFrance's youth squads. However, due to his performances with Lyon, he received a surprise call-up to theunder-21 squad, who were looking to start fresh after their elimination from the2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, for a friendly againstDenmark. He made his under-21 debut in that match starting the match in the right back position before being subbed out in the 82nd minute. France would go on to win the match 1–0.
In May 2011, it was confirmed that Gassama would be representingSenegal at senior international level.[8] He made his debut on 10 August 2011 in a 0–2 friendly home defeat againstMorocco.[9]
In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2008–09 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lorient | 2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Total | 110 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 1 | |
| Career total | 128 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 140 | 1 | |
| Senegal | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 47 | 0 |
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