Lamine Fomba

{{Short description|French footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lamine Fomba | image = Lamine Fomba asse mhsc 2425.png | image_size = | caption = Fomba playing for [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|26}} | birth_place = [[Rosny-sous-Bois]], France | height = 1.75 m | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[Servette FC|Servette]] | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = 2007–2011 | youthclubs1 = Montreuil Red Star | youthyears2 = 2011–2016 | youthclubs2 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] | years1 = 2015–2019 | caps1 = 38 | goals1 = 4 | clubs1 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre B]] | years2 = 2016–2019 | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 3 | clubs2 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] | years3 = 2019–2023 | caps3 = 104 | goals3 = 4 | clubs3 = [[Nîmes Olympique|Nîmes]] | years4 = 2023–2025 | caps4 = 51  | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] | years5 = 2025– | caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 1 | clubs5 = [[Servette FC|Servette]] | nationalyears1 = 2015–2016 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalteam1 = [[France national under-18 football team|France U17]] | club-update = 26 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }}

'''Lamine Fomba''' (born 26 January 1998) is a French professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Swiss Super League]] club [[Servette FC|Servette]].<ref>{{Lequipe|58872}}</ref> He is a former [[France national under-17 football team|under-17]] international for France.

== Personal life == Lamine Fomba was born in [[Rosny-sous-Bois]], France. He holds [[French nationality law|French]] and [[Malian nationality law|Malian]] nationalities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/lamine-fomba-20879/ | title=Lamine FOMBA - }}</ref>

==Club career== Fomba signed his first professional contract for Auxerre on 13 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actu-aja.fr/2016/03/13/6794/aja-fomba-signe-pro/|title=AJA : Le jeune Lamine Fomba signe professionnel avec son club|date=13 March 2016|publisher=|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111055211/http://actu-aja.fr/2016/03/13/6794/aja-fomba-signe-pro/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fomba made his professional debut for Auxerre in a 2–0 loss to [[AC Ajaccio]] on 20 September 2016 in the [[Ligue 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/82244|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2016/2017 - 8ème journée - AC Ajaccio / AJ Auxerre|publisher=}}</ref>

On 28 January 2023, Fomba signed a contract with [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] until June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=AS Saint-Étienne|url=https://www.asse.fr/fr/actualites/lamine-fomba-en-vert-ac33703|title=Lamine Fomba en Vert|date=28 January 2023|access-date=3 February 2023|language=fr}}</ref>

On 25 July 2025, Fomba moved to [[Servette FC|Servette]] in Switzerland on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Servette FC|url=https://servettefc.ch/lamine-fomba-est-servettien/|title=Lamine Fomba est servettien|trans-title=Lamine Fomba is a Servettian|date=25 July 2025|access-date=30 July 2025|language=fr}}</ref>

==International career== Fomba represented the [[France national under-17 football team]] at the [[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup]], making 2 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=389852/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019043204/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=389852/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2015|title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Lamine FOMBA|publisher=}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 2 June 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway | id= 402768 | name= Lamine Fomba }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="6" |[[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre B]] |[[2014–15 Championnat de France Amateur 2|2014–15]] |[[CFA 2]] |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 |- |[[2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur|2015–16]] |[[Championnat National 2|CFA]] |4 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |4 |1 |- |[[2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur|2016–17]] |CFA |7||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||7||1 |- |[[2017–18 Championnat National 3|2017–18]] |[[Championnat National 3|National 3]] |20 |2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |20 |2 |- |[[2018–19 Championnat National 3|2018–19]] |National 3 |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |5 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !38 !4 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !38 !4 |- | rowspan="5" |[[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] |[[2016–17 Ligue 2|2016–17]] |[[Ligue 2]] |2||0||0||0||0 |0||2||0 |- |[[2017–18 Ligue 2|2017–18]] |Ligue 2 |6||0||0||0||0 |0||6||0 |- |[[2018–19 Ligue 2|2018–19]] |Ligue 2 |28||3||1||0||1{{efn|Appearances in the [[Coupe de la Ligue]]}}||0||30||3 |- |[[2019–20 Ligue 2|2019–20]] |Ligue 2 |2||0||0||0||0 |0||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !38!!3!!1!!0!!1!!0!!40!!3 |- |rowspan="5"|[[Nîmes Olympique|Nîmes]] |[[2019–20 Nîmes Olympique season|2019–20]] |[[Ligue 1]] |20||0||1||0||0 |0||21||0 |- |[[2020–21 Nîmes Olympique season|2020–21]] |Ligue 1 |32||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||33||1 |- |[[2021–22 Nîmes Olympique season|2021–22]] |Ligue 2 |34||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||36||2 |- |[[2022–23 Nîmes Olympique season|2022–23]] |Ligue 2 |18||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !104!!4!!6!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!110!!4 |- | rowspan="3" |[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] |[[2022–23 AS Saint-Étienne season|2022–23]] |Ligue 2 |16||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- |[[2023–24 AS Saint-Étienne season|2023–24]] |Ligue 2 |28 |0 |2 |0 |2<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in the [[Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs]]</ref> |0 |32 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !44 !0 !2 !0 !2 !0 !48 !0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career totals !224!!11!!9!!0!!3!!0!!236!!11 |} {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|402768}} * {{LFP|lamine-fomba}} * {{FFF player|9649-fomba-lamine}} * {{FFF male player|2544375126}}

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