Английская Википедия:Adama Tamba

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Adama Tamba (born 29 August 1998) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a forward for Régional 1 Féminine club Cannes and the Gambia national team.[1]

Early life

Adama and her sister Шаблон:Interlanguage link were born in Banjul, and grew up at the SOS Children's Village in Bakoteh, outside of Banjul. The sisters lost their mother at a young age, while their father, a farmer, lived in the hinterlands of the Gambia.[2] Adama began playing football with her male counterparts in primary and high school.[2]

Club career

In the 2016–17 season, Tamba scored fifty goals in eleven games in the second division,[3] helping Шаблон:Interlanguage link return to the first tier of women's football in the Gambia.[4] In the 2017–18 season, she scored fifty-one goals in ten games to help Red Scorpions move out of the relegation zone in the first division.[2] As of May 2020, she had 165 goals in 114 league games to her name. Tamba has stated that she is "addicted to scoring goals".[2] Her knack for scoring earned her trials with French clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon in 2018.[2][3]

In September 2021, Tamba signed for Division 2 Féminine club Grenoble on a one-year loan.[5] In the 2022–23 season, she joined Régional 1 Féminine club Cannes.[6]

International career

Tamba made her debut for the Gambia U17 national team in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in 2012. She would help the Gambia eventually qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan.[2] Tamba played in all three of her nation's matches at the tournament, all of which ended in defeat.[7]

In March 2020, Tamba scored four goals for the Gambia national team in a 5–2 win over Guinea-Bissau in the WAFU Zone A Women's Cup.[8] The Gambia would go on to suffer elimination in the group stage of the competition.[9] As of May 2020, Tamba had eighteen goals in twelve matches for the Scorpions.[2] Шаблон:Interlanguage link, coach of the Scorpions, stated that Adama scored in "almost every game", while her sister Awa would "assist most of her goals".[2]

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