Samuel Kotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Junior Kotto | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gent | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| APEJES Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Malmö FF | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Olympic (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Landskrona BoIS (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Värnamo (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2025– | Gent | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Cameroon U20[3] | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 May 2023 | |||
Samuel Junior Kotto (born 3 September 2003) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Gent.[4][5][6][1]
Club career
After a successful trial with Malmö FF in 2021, Kotto signed a contract with the club on 9 March 2022.[7] A month later, it was announced that Kotto would spend the next four months on loan at BK Olympic.[8] Kotto played out the 2022 season with Olympic and returned to Malmö FF for the 2023 season, where he made his professional debut against Varbergs BoIS on 4 May 2023 when he entered as a substitute for Taha Ali in the 81st minute.[3][9]
On 20 January 2025, Kotto signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gent in Belgium.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 November 2025.[3]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Olympic (loan) | 2022 | Ettan Södra | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Landskrona (loan) | 2023 | Superettan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Värnamo (loan) | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Gent | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Relegation play-off
Honours
Malmö FF
References
- ^ a b "Samuel Kotto". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Samuel Kotto at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c Samuel Kotto at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Lämnade Kamerun för MFF: "Hade aldrig varit i Europa förut"". Sydsvenskan. 19 May 2023.
- ^ "MFF värvar från Kamerun: "Min dröm är uppfylld nu"". Expressen. 9 March 2022.
- ^ "MFF lånar ut Kotto till Olympic". skd.se. 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Samuel Kotto!". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Samuel Kotto lånas ut till BK Olympic". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Varbergs BoIS - Malmö FF". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Samuel Kotto versterkt KAA Gent" [Samuel Kotto strengthens KAA Gent] (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
