Mansour Assoumani Gammali (born 30 January 1983) is a French
footballer who plays as a
defender for
Régional 1 club
Le Grau-du-Roi.
Career
Assoumani began his career in the French First Division with
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
on 18 August 2001. He played 72 matches for the club (43 in D1, 29 in D2) and registered four goals (two in D1 and two in D2). After five seasons he joined the German club
1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...
and, subsequently,
Sportfreunde Siegen
Sportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. After going through insolvency in 2008, the first team was forcibly relegated to the fifth-tier NRW-Liga. Promotion to fourth division Regionalli ...
. Prior to joining Leeds United, Assoumani spent time on trial at
Sheffield United but failed to impress sufficiently to earn a permanent deal.
Leeds United
On 17 December 2008, Assoumani was handed a one-month contract with
League One team
Leeds United after a successful trial which also saw him score a goal in a
reserve team game against
York City. He made his debut three days later in a 3–1 defeat to
Milton Keynes Dons.
He played the first half at right-back, but due to the substitution of
ĽubomÃr MichalÃk at half-time, Assoumani played the second half in his more favoured position of centre-back.
Assoumani was unfortunate that
Gary McAllister who signed him was sacked after the game after a run of 5 defeats in a row. Assoumani didn't figure at all under new manager
Simon Grayson. He was released on 18 January 2009. On 22 January 2009 he was offered a week-long trial with
Crewe Alexandra however he was released without being offered a contract.
Wrexham
On 26 March 2009, Assoumani joined
Conference National
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side
Wrexham, making his debut on 7 April in a 0–0 draw with
Histon.
Stockport County
Assounami signed for League Two side
Stockport County on 2 August 2010.
Assoumani scored his first goal for County in their 2–0 win over
Macclesfield Town on 4 September 2010.
After making 36 appearances for county, in May 2011 he was informed that he would not be offered a contract by the club for the 2011/12 season.
References
External links
Official websiteat the Wrexham website
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1983 births
Living people
French sportspeople of Comorian descent
Footballers from Nice
French men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Montpellier HSC players
1. FC Saarbrücken players
Sportfreunde Siegen players
Leeds United F.C. players
Wrexham A.F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
FC Istres players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Régional 1 players
Championnat National players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
ES Grau-du-Roi players
21st-century French sportsmen