Abel Tamata

Abel Tamata

Tamata with PSV in July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	5 December 1990
Place of birth	Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2015	PSV	28	(0)
2012–2013	→ Roda JC Kerkrade (loan)	22	(0)
2013–2015	→ Jong PSV	30	(0)
2015–2016	FC Groningen	14	(0)
National team^‡
2015–	DR Congo	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Abel Tamata (born 5 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Born in the Netherlands, he plays international football for the DR Congo.

Early and personal life

Tamata was born in Bergen op Zoom to a Dutch mother and a Congolese father.^[2] His father works as a taxi driver.^[2] He has a half-sister on his mother's side, and two half-brothers on his father's side.^[2] His manager is rapper Ali B, who is married to Tamata's half-sister.^[2] Tamata is a Jehovah's Witness.^[2]

Club career

Tamata has played for PSV and Roda JC Kerkrade.^[1][3]

In June 2015 he signed for FC Groningen.^[4]

International career

In March 2015, Tamata received his first call-up for the DR Congo national team for a training camp in Dubai.^[5] He made his international debut later that year.^[6]

References

1. Abel Tamata profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. "Abel Tamata bonkt op de deur bij PSV" (in Dutch). BN/DeStem. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
3. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
4. "Selectie compleet met aantrekken Abel Tamata en Bryan Linssen" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
5. "Interlandloopbaan bij DR Congo lonkt voor Lukoki en Tamata" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
6. "Abel Tamata". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 June 2015.