Mamadou Samassa

Samassa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 21→21), while his Rating held around 24. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 35).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Laval · 18th	7	0	0%	6.63	24	21
2025/26	Laval · 16th	35	9	26%	6.91	24	21
2024/25	Laval · 7th	33	10	30%	7.22	25	30
2023/24	Laval · 7th	36	12	33%	7.09	28	35
2022/23	Pahang	21	0	0%	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Mali · international

Side	Apps	G
Mali	13	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

M. Samassa is a 36-year-old goalkeeper at Laval, rated 23.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 73rd of 85 on scout potential in the Ligue 2. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present this season (97.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Samassa.

Judged on this season alone, Samassa graded 21 — a solid campaign that ranks top 32% of the 19 goalkeepers in the Ligue 2, on 9 clean sheets across 35 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 21). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 24, 14th of 19 of the 19 goalkeepers in the Ligue 2. At 36 Samassa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24

Current potential14th of 19 goalkeepers · Ligue 2 Current seasonTop 32% goalkeepers · Ligue 2 6th-best goalkeeper in the Ligue 2 73rd in the Ligue 2 · potential 14th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Ligue 2

23.9

Ratingi

14th of 19 goalkeepers

21.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

97.2%

Minutes

near ever-present

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Laval finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Clean sheets

26%

CS rate

97.2%

Minutes

9 clean sheets in 35 appearances (26% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 97.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 23.9, Samassa carries the 14th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Ligue 2 of 19, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Laval finished 16th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %97.2%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.114

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~13), then tapers with age. At 36, Samassa sits on 4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Samassa's projected Rating — 23.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Ligue 2 with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets9—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

PPahangJan 2022 – nowFree

Levadiakosuntil Jan 2022

SivassporJun 2019 – Jan 2022

Estac Troyesuntil Jun 2019

About M. Samassa

Mamadou Samassa is a 36-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Laval, born on February 16, 1990 in Montreuil-sous-Bois, standing 198 cm tall. He is from Mali. Laval currently sit 18th of 18 in the Ligue 2.

This season

In the current season, M. Samassa has made 7 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 630 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

M. Samassa's next match is on October 9, 2026, when Laval face PAU away in the Ligue 2.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Samassa at 23.9 with a Season form score of 21.3, ranking 73rd of 85 goalkeepers in the Ligue 2. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Coupe de France. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, M. Samassa has totalled 382 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2010/11, with 38 appearances for Guingamp.

M. Samassa's career has also included time at PPahang, Levadiakos, Sivasspor and Estac Troyes.

On the international stage, M. Samassa has represented Mali — 13 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Laval finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points