Samuel Kotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Junior Kotto | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reims | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| APEJES Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Malmö FF | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Olympic (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Landskrona BoIS (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Värnamo (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Gent | 20 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Reims (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2026– | Reims | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Cameroon U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Cameroon | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 September 2026 | |||
Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Reims and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
After a successful trial with Malmö FF in 2021, Kotto signed a contract with the club on 9 March 2022. A month later, it was announced that Kotto would spend the next four months on loan at BK Olympic. Kotto played out the 2022 season with Olympic and returned to Malmö FF for the 2023 season, where he made his professional debut against Varbergs BoIS on 4 May 2023 when he entered as a substitute for Taha Ali in the 81st minute.
On 20 January 2025, Kotto signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gent in Belgium.
On 20 January 2026, Kotto was loaned to Ligue 2 club Reims until the end of the season.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 September 2026.
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Olympic (loan) | 2022 | Ettan Södra | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Landskrona (loan) | 2023 | Superettan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Värnamo (loan) | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Gent | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Reims (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Reims | 2026–27 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 96 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 3 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Relegation play-off
International
- As of match played 29 September 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
Malmö FF
References
- 1 2 "Samuel Kotto". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ↑ Samuel Kotto at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 3 4 Samuel Kotto at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ↑ "Lämnade Kamerun för MFF: "Hade aldrig varit i Europa förut"". Sydsvenskan. 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "MFF värvar från Kamerun: "Min dröm är uppfylld nu"". Expressen. 9 March 2022.
- ↑ "MFF lånar ut Kotto till Olympic". skd.se. 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Samuel Kotto!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ↑ "Samuel Kotto lånas ut till BK Olympic". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ↑ "Varbergs BoIS - Malmö FF". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ↑ "Samuel Kotto versterkt KAA Gent" [Samuel Kotto strengthens KAA Gent] (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Le SDR renforce son arrière-garde avec Samuel Kotto" [SDR strengthens its back line with Samuel Kotto] (in French). Stade de Reims. 20 January 2026.
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