Lamin Basmen Samateh is a Gambian football defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 playing with NK Lokomotiva

NK Lokomotiva

NK Lokomotiva is a Croatian football club based in Zagreb, currently competing in the Prva HNL, the country's top division. Founded originally as ŽŠK Victoria in 1914, the club's only period of success came in the late 1940s and early 1950s before spending most of the following five decades as...

 in the Croatia

Croatia

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n Prva HNL.

Lamin Samateh plays usually as central defender, although he can also play as right-back. While playing in his home country, he was known by the nickname of Gunman.

He came to Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 in January 2011 during the 2010–11 Prva HNL

2010–11 Prva HNL

The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

 winter break, signed from Gambian Championnat National D1

Gambian Championnat National D1

The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in Gambia. The league began play in 1969.-GFA League First Division - Clubs 2011:*Armed Forces *Bakau United *Brikama United *Gambia Ports Authority...

 club Steve Biko FC, which ended up relegated. For the rest of the season, he made 7 league appearances scoring one goal, with Lokomotiva in the 2010-11 season.

During 2009 he was part of the Gambian U-17 squad which played in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from October 24 to November 15, 2009.The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating 1-0 the host team, Nigeria...

. During 2010 he was part of Gambian U-20 team. In early 2011 he was part of the Gambian squad at the 2011 African Youth Championship

2011 African Youth Championship

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.

On September 3, 2011, he made his debut for the Gambian national team

Gambia national football team

The Gambia national football team, nicknamed The Scorpions, is the national team of Gambia and is controlled by the Gambia Football Association. Until 1965, the team, and the country, were known as British Gambia...

 in a match against Namibia for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

External sources

• Lamin Samateh at FIFA
  FIFA
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• Lamin Samateh at Transfermarkt
• Lamin Samateh at Zerozero