Abdoul-Halimou Sama (born 28 July 2002) is a Togolese

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who plays as a defender for

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club

ASKO Kara ASKO Kara is a Togolese football club based in Kara. They play in the top division in Togolese football. History The manager Améleté Abalo was shot dead on 8 January 2010 in a terrorist attack against the Togo national football team. Achieve ...

Club career

Sama started his career with ASKO Kara in 2020.

International career

In January 2021, Sama was given his maiden call up into the Togo national team by

Jean-Paul Abalo Jean-Paul Yaovi Dosseh Abalo (born 26 June 1975 in Lomé, Togo) is a former Togolese football defender and current coach of the Togo national under-20 football team. Club career Abalo played for six seasons in the French Ligue 2 with Amiens SC ...

as he was named on the Togolese squad for the

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. He made his debut on 22 January 2021, after playing the full 90 minute in their second

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match against Uganda which ended in a 2–1 victory for Togo. He went on and played whole match of the last group match against Rwanda which they lost. In March 2021, he was called up to the senior side by Claude Le Roy, as one of the 13 local-based players ahead of their 2021 AFCON qualifiers against

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and

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Honours

ASKO Kara *

: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Individual * Best Defender of the Season (Kara Region): 2020–21

Career statistics

International

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* * * * * Living people 2002 births Men's association football defenders Togolese men's footballers ASKO Kara players Togo men's international footballers 21st-century Togolese people Togo men's A' international footballers 2020 African Nations Championship players {{Togo-footy-bio-stub