Mamadu Samba Candé (born 23 September 1992), known as Sambinha, is a

Bissau-Guinean Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

professional

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who played as a centre back for Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Bnei Reineh.

Club career

New England Revolution

On October 1, 2014, the New England Revolution of

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entered into a "strategic partnership" with

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club Sporting CP. The agreement allowed for the Revolution to bring in Sporting players on loan, as well as allow the clubs’ academy teams, youth players and coaches to spend training time with the other organization’s teams. Sambinha became the first player to join the Revolution as part of this deal, joining on a one year loan with an option to buy on January 22, 2016. Speaking on the signing, Revolution GM Mike Burns called Sambinha "a big, strong center back" and added that Sambinha "will be able to help strengthen our defense and we are grateful to be able to work with Sporting in order to add a player of his quality to our roster for the upcoming season." Sambinha made his Revolution debut on May 14, 2016, coming on as a substitute for

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in the Revolution's 2-0 win over Chicago Fire FC. He would start his first match for the club on May 21, 2016, against FC Dallas. Sambinha had his

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debut on June 29, 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in the club's win over the New York Cosmos. He would start the Revolution's U.S. Open Cup Quarter Final win against the

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on July 20, 2016. The New England Revolution waived Sambinha on August 29, 2016.

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CAF profile
* 1992 births Living people Footballers from Cascais Portuguese men's footballers Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sporting CP B players New England Revolution players S.C. Covilhã players NorthEast United FC players S.U. 1º Dezembro players ACR Messina players Olympiakos Nicosia players Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Major League Soccer players Cypriot First Division players Israeli Premier League players Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in India Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent {{GuineaBissau-footy-bio-stub