Steven Nsimba

Steven Nsimba
Nsimba with Universitatea Craiova in 2025
Personal information
Full name Aimé-Steven Nsasa Nsimba Labe
Date of birth (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 7
Youth career
–2017 US Villejuif
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Gobelins 22 (4)
2018 Bobigny 3 (0)
2019–2020 Les Ulis 34 (14)
2020–2021 Bourges 18 0 (0)
2021–2022 Bourges 30 (16)
2022–2023 Laval 7 (0)
2022–2023 Laval B 4 (1)
2023–2024 Avranches 31 (3)
2024–2025 Aubagne 32 (12)
2025– Universitatea Craiova 43 (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 October 2026

Aimé-Steven Nsasa Nsimba Labe (born 31 May 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.

Career

Nsimba began his senior career with Gobelins in 2017, and shortly after moved to Bobigny where he had a stint. He transferred to Les Ulis in 2021, where he played for 2+1⁄2 seasons. He spent the 2021–22 season with Bourges, where he was one of the top scorers with 16 goals in 30 games. Nsimba moved to Universitatea Craiova in the 2025/26 season where he is now one of the best players in Superliga, and scored one goal in the Uefa Europa Conference League against Sparta Prague.

Personal life

Steven Nsimba was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. He holds French and Congolese nationalities.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gobelins 2017–18 Championnat National 3 22400——224
Bobigny 2018–19 Championnat National 2 3000——30
Les Ulis 2018–19 Championnat National 3 13400——134
2019–20 171000——1710
2020–21 4000——42
Total 341400——3414
Bourges 18 2020–21 Championnat National 2 0010——10
Bourges 2021–22 Championnat National 2 301600——3016
Laval 2022–23 Ligue 2 7000——70
Laval B 2022–23 Championnat National 3 41———41
Avranches 2023–24 Championnat National 31321——334
Aubagne 2024–25 Championnat National 321210——3312
Universitatea Craiova 2025–26 Liga I 34103093—4613
2026–27 94117211188
Total 431441165116421
Career total 20664821651123172
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Cupa României
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Steven Nsimba at Soccerway
  2. ↑ France, Centre (21 February 2022). "Football/National 2 - L'attaquant du BF18 Steven Nsimba, meilleur buteur du championnat, a inscrit son onzième but contre Moulins/Yzeure". www.leberry.fr.
  3. ↑ "La première recrue tango Steven Nsimba, un pari du N2 vers la Ligue 2". ouest-france.fr. 20 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ligue 2 - Grave blessure pour Steven Nsimba, Laval envisage de recruter un joker". MaLigue2. 15 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "TangoFoot - Steven NSIMBA - Laval". tangofoot.free.fr.
  6. ↑ "Aimé-Steven NSIMBA LABE -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Steven Nsimba at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Universitatea Craiova, campioană după 35 de ani de așteptare". radioromania.ro (in Romanian). 17 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "U Cluj - Universitatea Craiova 0-0 (5-6 d.l.d.). Oltenii au câștigat Cupa României la loviturile de departajare". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.