Maic Ndongala Namputu Sema (born 2 December 1988) is a Swedish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

Career

Sema was born in

Lycksele Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010. History Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish L ...

. Until 2011, he played for Hammarby IF, where he came from

IF Sylvia IF Sylvia is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 19 May 1922, is currently playing in the third tier of Swedish football, Division 1. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. In the early yea ...

summer 2008. In the 2011 season, he made 10 goals for Hammarby and was elected by the fans as ''Player of the Year''. In January 2012 Sema went to Norwegian

FK Haugesund Fotballklubben Haugesund (English: ''Football Club Haugesund''), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional Norwegian football club from the city of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway. The club currently plays in the Norwegian Elites ...

. He was loaned out to

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

in the Dutch

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

in 2013. He left Haugesund after the 2014 season. He later had a short spell at

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

side,

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

, before becoming a free agent at the end of the 2014–15 season. He was most recently trialing with

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

, appearing in a friendly match against

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado ...

, in which his team won 2–0. In March 2018, Maic Sema joined

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

in Allsvenskan. In August 2019, Maic Sema joined the main club of his home town,

Personal life

Sema was born in Sweden to Congolese parents, his brother Ken Sema is also a footballer.

Career statistics

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* * 1988 births Living people People from Lycksele Municipality Swedish footballers Swedish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Swedish sportspeople of African descent European sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Association football forwards IF Sylvia players Hammarby Fotboll players FK Haugesund players MVV Maastricht players AEL Limassol players Örebro SK players NorthEast United FC players GIF Sundsvall players IFK Norrköping players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Eerste Divisie players Indian Super League players Cypriot First Division players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Västerbotten County {{sweden-footy-forward-stub