Samuel Yves Um Titi ( french pronunciation : [ samɥɛl umtiti ] ; [ 4 ] born 14 November 1993 ), known as Samuel Umtiti, is a french professional football player who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team. Umtiti began his professional career with Lyon in 2012, winning both the Coupe de France and Trophée des Champions in his first gear year. He totalled 170 games and three goals before a €25 million transfer to La Liga baseball club Barcelona in 2016. He won three Copa del Rey and two La Liga titles at Barcelona.
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After winning 47 caps and scoring three goals at youth level, including winning the 2013 U-20 World Cup, Umtiti made his elder introduction for France at Euro 2016, where they reached the final. Two years late, he was depart of the police squad that won the 2018 World Cup. He scored the only goal of the match in the semi-final against Belgium. [ 5 ]
Club career [edit ]
early years [edit ]
Umtiti was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, he moved with his class when he was two-years-old to Villeurbanne, France. A few months later, however, the family settled in the zone of Ménival in the fifth arrondissement of Lyon. Thereafter, Umtiti joined the local anesthetic football club Ménival at the old age of five. At nine years old, he joined Lyon ‘s young person academy. [ 6 ]
lyon [edit ]
Umtiti playing for Lyon against Zenit in November 2015 Umtiti was included in a Lyon team for the beginning time on 16 August 2011, remaining an unused alternate as they defeated Rubin Kazan 3–1 in the foremost leg of the Champions League play-off round. [ 7 ] He made his master debut for the cabaret on 8 January 2012, playing the whole match in a 3–1 victory over local rivals Lyon-Duchère in the Coupe de France. [ 8 ] Six days by and by, he made his Ligue 1 debut in a 1–0 off get the better of to Montpellier, playing the entire game. [ 9 ] Umtiti made a full of 18 appearances across all competitions in his debut season. In the 2012–13 season, he became a more regular penis of the Lyon foremost team. On 12 January 2013, against Troyes in a 2–1 aside win, he scored his first career goal. [ 10 ] He finished the season with 32 appearances in all competitions and two goals. [ 11 ]
Barcelona [edit ]
On 30 June 2016, Umtiti signed for La Liga side Barcelona for a fee of €25 million. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On 17 August, Umtiti made his first appearance for Barcelona in the second leg of the 2016 Supercopa de España which Barcelona won 3–0 versus Sevilla and lifted the trophy. [ 14 ] Umtiti picked up a stifle injury in September 2016 while in Barcelona prepare, causing him to miss a crucial La Liga clash against Atlético Madrid. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He scored his beginning goal for the club, on 4 March 2017, against Celta de Vigo with Barcelona winning 5–0 at the Camp Nou. [ 17 ] He would former play a full of life function in the 2016–17 Champions League round of 16 second branch regular against Paris Saint-Germain, as he started the match aboard Gerard Piqué and Javier Mascherano in a 3-man cardinal defense partnership. Umtiti assisted his teammates in recovering from a 4–0 first leg deficit to a historic 6–1 victory, the biggest rejoinder in the history of the Champions League. [ 18 ] He would cap off his first year in Spain by winning the 2016–17 Copa del Rey and by establishing himself hard as first-choice in central defense for the cabaret aboard Piqué. [ 19 ] now established as first-choice in defense at the club, after Barcelona ‘s subpar 2017 Supercopa de España while reeling off the loss of Neymar, Umtiti began the season with capital performances, under the guidance of new director Ernesto Valverde. [ 20 ] On 2 December, Umtiti injured his right hamstring and was ruled out for eight weeks. [ 21 ] Umtiti scored the winning goal against Valencia CF at Camp Nou, on 14 April, in a 2–1 victory for the Catalans. [ 22 ] A week subsequently, on 21 April, Umtiti started for Barcelona in the 2018 Copa del Rey Final, holding a clean sheet in an eventual 5–0 victory over Sevilla at the Metropolitano Stadium. [ 23 ] Additionally, Umtiti won his first La Liga winners ‘ decoration during his second season in Spain, with the defender appearing in 40 games and scoring one goal across all competitions. [ 24 ] On 3 June 2018, Umtiti signed a raw five-year sign with Barcelona. The dismissal clause was subsequently set at €500 million. [ 25 ] Umtiti was named as a utility for the 2018 Supercopa de España behind Piqué and a new summer bless Clément Lenglet. Despite not featuring and with Barcelona winning the match 2–1 against Sevilla, Umtiti claimed his one-fifth winners ‘ decoration since joining the club. [ 19 ] [ 26 ] In 2018, Umtiti picked up a knee injury which could have been treated with operation, but he alternatively opted for conservative discussion, and proceeded to play in the 2018 World Cup, which he won with France. however, this choice resulted in Umtiti spend much of the following season with Barcelona injured. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In August 2020, while recovering from a knee injury, Umtiti tested plus for COVID-19. [ 29 ]
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Umtiti was a France youth international, having represented the area from under-17 to under-21 levels. He was an integral member of the team that won France ‘s first ever U-20 World Cup in 2013. Although, he had to sit out the final examination against Uruguay due to a loss tease received in the semi-final against Ghana. [ 30 ]
senior [edit ]
Umtiti was born and spent the first two years of his life in Cameroon. Therefore, the Cameroonian Football Federation and their former international actor Roger Milla met his advisors in an unsuccessful try to get him to represent their national team. [ 31 ]
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Umtiti, who was at the prison term uncapped at senior degree, was selected by the french national team coach Didier Deschamps to be part of the France ‘s squad for the european Championship in 2016, following an injury to the compatriot Jérémy Mathieu. [ 32 ] Umtiti made his elder debut on 3 July by playing every minute of the quarter-final against Iceland at the Stade de France, replacing the suspended Adil Rami. therefore, he became the inaugural outfield player since Gabriel De Michèle ( at the 1966 World Cup ) to win his foremost ceiling for France by appearing in the finals of a major tournament and was accurate with all 77 of his passes during the pit, which France won 5–2. [ 33 ] He belated earned highly positive reviews for his performance in the semi-final against the incumbent world champions Germany. [ 34 ] This led to a set of excitation over Umtiti ‘s prospects for his newly signed club, Barcelona, and his future as a actor. [ 35 ] On 13 June 2017, Umtiti scored his first goal for France, equalising against England in an eventual 3–2 victory for Les Bleus in a friendly catch in Paris. [ 36 ] On 17 May 2018, he was called up to the 23-man french squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 37 ] In the semi-final against Belgium on 10 July, he scored the only goal of the game, heading in a corner. [ 5 ] On 15 July, Umtiti was named as a starter, as France beat Croatia 4–2 in the final. [ 38 ]
expressive style of play [edit ]
Umtiti is a mighty and rangy left-footed central defender, who is predominantly known for his physical force, anticipation, pace, ability in the air, and tackling, vitamin a well as his distribution, proficiency, and ability on the ball, which enables him to carry the ball out from the defensive structure, or start attacking plays from the back with his pass. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] In 2018, ESPN FC journalist Sam Marsden praised Umtiti ‘s read of the game, timing and risk-taking, adding that he could lead Barcelona ‘s refutation for the future five to 10 years. [ 45 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 22 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Lyon II
2010–11[11]
CFA
13
0
—
—
—
—
13
0
2011–12[11]
CFA
6
0
—
—
—
—
6
0
2012–13[11]
CFA
2
0
—
—
—
—
2
0
Total
21
0
—
—
—
—
21
0
Lyon
2011–12[11]
Ligue 1
12
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
—
18
0
2012–13[11]
Ligue 1
26
1
0
0
0
0
6[a]
1
0
0
32
2
2013–14[11]
Ligue 1
28
0
1
0
3
0
10[b]
0
—
42
0
2014–15[11]
Ligue 1
35
1
2
0
1
0
2[a]
1
—
40
2
2015–16[11]
Ligue 1
30
1
2
0
1
0
4[c]
0
1[d]
0
38
1
Total
131
3
8
0
8
0
22
2
1
0
170
5
Barcelona
2016–17[46]
La Liga
25
1
9
0
—
8[c]
0
1[e]
0
43
1
2017–18[24]
La Liga
25
1
4
0
—
9[c]
0
2[e]
0
40
1
2018–19[47]
La Liga
14
0
0
0
—
1[c]
0
0
0
15
0
2019–20[47]
La Liga
13
0
1
0
—
3[c]
0
1[e]
0
18
0
2020–21[47]
La Liga
13
0
2
0
—
1[c]
0
0
0
16
0
2021–22[47]
La Liga
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
90
2
16
0
—
22
0
4
0
132
2
Career total
242
5
24
0
8
0
44
2
5
0
323
7
International [edit ]
- As of match played 8 June 2019[48][49]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
France
2016
4
0
2017
10
1
2018
13
2
2019
4
1
Total
31
4
- As of match played 8 June 2019. France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Umtiti goal.[49]
Honours [edit ]
Lyon [ 19 ]
Barcelona [ 19 ]
France U20 [ 19 ]
France
Individual
Orders
References [edit ]
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