S. Kotto · career
Samuel Junior Kotto
Center Back · Gent · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2024/25
The record covers 3 seasons (2023/24–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 46 appearances with 1 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at IFK Varnamo — Season rating 34, 1 goal and 0 assists in 17 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 27 points at IFK Varnamo. Form is on a climb — up 21 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 6 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Allsvenskan) and kept playing — 17 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | ReimsLoan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 28 |
| 2025/26 | Gent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | IFK Varnamo | 17 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024/25 | Gent | 13 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | IFK VarnamoLoan | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023/24 | Landskrona BoISLoan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Malmo FF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Olympic | 24 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2025/26 | Africa Cup of Nations | 4 | 0 |
| Cameroon U20 | 2021/22 | Africa Cup of Nations U20 | 1 | 0 |
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 2at Reims | 15 | 1284 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
| Jupiler Pro League | 8 | 489 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Africa Cup of Nationsat Cameroon | 4 | 360 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 |
| Coupe de Franceat Reims | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
Schedule · 2025/26
8 played5 unused sub33 not in squad· 489 min, 0g 0a
Also spent part of this season at Reims — those games aren't in this club's schedule.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16 | Friendlies Clubs | H AZ Alkmaar | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | A Feyenoord | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 27 | Jupiler Pro League | A St. Truiden | 1-3 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Aug 2 | Jupiler Pro League | H RAAL La Louvière | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.9 | ||
| Aug 9 | Jupiler Pro League | H Union St. Gilloise | 2-3 | Played | 88 | 6.3 | ||
| Aug 16 | Jupiler Pro League | A KV Mechelen | 1-1 | Played | 1 | — | ||
| Aug 31 | Jupiler Pro League | H Club Brugge KV | 1-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Sep 14 | Jupiler Pro League | A Antwerp | 2-1 | Played | 14 | 3.0 | ||
| Sep 19 | Jupiler Pro League | H Dender | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 23 | Jupiler Pro League | A Anderlecht | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 28 | Jupiler Pro League | A Cercle Brugge | 4-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 3 | Jupiler Pro League | H Charleroi | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 19 | Jupiler Pro League | A Zulte Waregem | 1-4 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 25 | Jupiler Pro League | H Standard Liege | 4-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 30 | Cup | H Patro Eisden | 5-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Nov 2 | Jupiler Pro League | A OH Leuven | 0-4 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Nov 9 | Jupiler Pro League | H Genk | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Nov 22 | Jupiler Pro League | A KVC Westerlo | 0-0 | Played | 64 | 6.9 | ||
| Nov 30 | Jupiler Pro League | H St. Truiden | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Dec 3 | Cup | A Cercle Brugge | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 6 | Jupiler Pro League | A Union St. Gilloise | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 14 | Jupiler Pro League | H Antwerp | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 21 | Jupiler Pro League | A Club Brugge KV | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 27 | Jupiler Pro League | H KVC Westerlo | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 15 | Cup | A Anderlecht | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 18 | Jupiler Pro League | H Anderlecht | 4-2 | Played | 52 | 7.3 | ||
| Jan 23 | Jupiler Pro League | A Standard Liege | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 30 | Jupiler Pro League | A RAAL La Louvière | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 7 | Jupiler Pro League | H OH Leuven | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 14 | Jupiler Pro League | A Charleroi | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 20 | Jupiler Pro League | H Cercle Brugge | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 1 | Jupiler Pro League | A Genk | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 8 | Jupiler Pro League | H KV Mechelen | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 13 | Jupiler Pro League | H Zulte Waregem | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 22 | Jupiler Pro League | A Dender | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 6 | Jupiler Pro League | H KV Mechelen | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 12 | Jupiler Pro League | A Anderlecht | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 19 | Jupiler Pro League | H St. Truiden | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 22 | Jupiler Pro League | A Union St. Gilloise | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 26 | Jupiler Pro League | H Club Brugge KV | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 3 | Jupiler Pro League | A KV Mechelen | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 10 | Jupiler Pro League | H Anderlecht | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 16 | Jupiler Pro League | A St. Truiden | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 21 | Jupiler Pro League | H Union St. Gilloise | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 24 | Jupiler Pro League | A Club Brugge KV | 0-5 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 31 | Jupiler Pro League | H Genk | 0-0 | Not in squad | — |