Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Reims, on loan from Belgian Pro League club Gent.[4][5][6][1]
| 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)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Reims (on loan from Gent) | ||
| 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– | Gent | 20 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Reims (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Cameroon U20[3] | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Cameroon[3] | 6 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2026 | |||
Club career
editAfter a successful trial with Malmö FF in 2021, Kotto signed a contract with the club on 9 March 2022.[7] A month later, it was announced that Kotto would spend the next four months on loan at BK Olympic.[8] 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.[3][9]
On 20 January 2025, Kotto signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gent in Belgium.[10]
On 20 January 2026, Kotto was loaned to Ligue 2 club Reims until the end of the season.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 21 March 2026.[3]
| 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[a] | 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 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 83 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Relegation play-off
International
edit- As of match played 27 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
editMalmö FF
References
edit- 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.