Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Gent.[4][5][6][1]
Club career
After 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]
Career statistics
Club
- Updated 16 February 2025.[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 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 58 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Relegation play-off
Honours
Malmö FF
References
- ^ a b "Samuel Kotto". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Samuel Kotto at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c 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.