Frédéric Sammaritano (born 23 March 1986) is a French former professional

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Career

Born in

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...

, Sammaritano spent three seasons at local club

. In his last campaign with the club, he converted three goals and added seven assists. His good performances in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

lead many to be interested in securing his signature. Sammaritano joined

Auxerre Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r ...

, who finished in third spot during the

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season, thus qualifying for

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football. In the 2010–11 Champions League, he scored against

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in a 2–1 victory for Auxerre. Sammaritano, however, found life in Burgundy difficult, starting just ten Ligue 1 fixtures, adding only one league goal and three assists. In July 2011, Sammaritano signed for newly promoted

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccio ( co, Athletic Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ''ACA'' or simply Ajaccio, is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and ...

on a free transfer. He made his debut for the club in their 2–0 loss to

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on the opening day of the

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campaign. Sammaritano scored against French powerhouse

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

on 13 August 2011, putting his side 1–0 up at the

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. His first goal since November 2010, however, did not prove enough, as Lisandro López scored late on, sealing a 1–1 draw and Ajaccio's first point of the season. In the following round of fixtures, on 20 August, Ajaccio played host to

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; Sammaritano netted in the seventh minute after being fed in by

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, giving his side a 1–0 lead. On 5 March 2015, well into his second stint with Auxerre, Sammaritano scored the decisive goal in a

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as Auxerre defeated

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in the quarter-finals of the

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, and he scored the only goal as they defeated holders

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

in the semi-finals on 7 April.

Dijon

Sammaritano signed a two-year contract with

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

after the expiration of his Auxerre contract. Sammaritano announced his retirement from playing after seven seasons with Dijon on 3 May 2022.

Honours

Vannes *

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: runner-up 2008–09

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Vannes Footballers from Morbihan Men's association football forwards French men's footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Vannes OC players AJ Auxerre players AC Ajaccio players Moulins Yzeure Foot players Dijon FCO players French sportspeople of Italian descent {{france-footy-forward-1980s-stub