Adama Tamba
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998[1]
Place of birth Banjul, The Gambia[2]
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cannes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2022 Red Scorpions
2021–2022 → Grenoble (loan) 7 (1)
2022– Cannes
International career
2012 Gambia U17
2015– Gambia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adama Tamba (born 29 August 1998) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a forward for Régional 1 Féminine club Cannes and the Gambia national team.[3]

Early life

Adama and her sister Awa were born in Banjul, and grew up at the SOS Children's Village in Bakoteh, outside of Banjul. The sisters lost their mother at a young age, while their father, a farmer, lived in the hinterlands of the Gambia.[2] Adama began playing football with her male counterparts in primary and high school.[2]

Club career

In the 2016–17 season, Tamba scored fifty goals in eleven games in the second division,[4] helping Red Scorpions return to the first tier of women's football in the Gambia.[5] In the 2017–18 season, she scored fifty-one goals in ten games to help Red Scorpions move out of the relegation zone in the first division.[2] As of May 2020, she had 165 goals in 114 league games to her name. Tamba has stated that she is "addicted to scoring goals".[2] Her knack for scoring earned her trials with French clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon in 2018.[2][4]

In September 2021, Tamba signed for Division 2 Féminine club Grenoble on a one-year loan.[6] In the 2022–23 season, she joined Régional 1 Féminine club Cannes.[7]

International career

Tamba made her debut for the Gambia U17 national team in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in 2012. She would help the Gambia eventually qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan.[2] Tamba played in all three of her nation's matches at the tournament, all of which ended in defeat.[1]

In March 2020, Tamba scored four goals for the Gambia national team in a 5–2 win over Guinea-Bissau in the WAFU Zone A Women's Cup.[8] The Gambia would go on to suffer elimination in the group stage of the competition.[9] As of May 2020, Tamba had eighteen goals in twelve matches for the Scorpions.[2] Mariama Sowe, coach of the Scorpions, stated that Adama scored in "almost every game", while her sister Awa would "assist most of her goals".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Adama Tamba at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tamba twins brightening the Scorpions corner". Confederation of African Football. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-08. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Adama Tamba at FootballDatabase.eu
  4. 1 2 Bah, Sulayman (16 January 2018). "PSG Trialist Tamba 4-goal shy of matching top scorer Darboe". Foroyaa. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Jallow Falloboweh, Buba (5 May 2017). "Gambia: Sports News: Adama Tamba; the state of Gambian women's football hasn't changed". Freedom Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Adama Tamba secures loan deal with Grenoble". Gambia.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "" Pourquoi pas un petit tour de plus ! "" (in French). French Football Federation. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Jarju, Omar (2 March 2020). "Striker Adama Tamba Nets Four As Gambia Makes Triumphant Comeback". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ↑ Jarju, Omar (3 March 2020). "WAFU ZONE A: Gambia Falls To Liberia, Failed To Qualify To the Semis". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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