The Most Famous
SOCCER PLAYERS from Tanzania
This page contains a list of the greatest Tanzanian Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 1 of which were born in Tanzania. This makes Tanzania the birth place of the 165th most number of Soccer Players behind Fiji, and Greenland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tanzanian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Tanzanian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Mbwana Samatta (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 47.86, Mbwana Samatta is the most famous Tanzanian Soccer Player. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Mbwana Ally Samatta (born 23 December 1992) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Le Havre, and captains the Tanzania national team. Samatta began his career as a youth player for Tanzanian club African Lyon in 2008. He turned professional in 2010 with Simba Sports Club, where he played for only half of the season before moving to TP Mazembe, spending a total of five years with them, initially becoming a first-team regular. He was named the 2015 African based Player of the Year and finished the season as the top goalscorer of the CAF Champions League, as he helped TP Mazembe to win the title. In January 2016, Samatta signed for Belgian side Genk, helping them to qualify for the UEFA Europa League and win the Belgian Pro League in 2019. His twenty-goal tally saw him finish the season as the top scorer of the league; he also won the Ebony Shoe award in Belgium for his outstanding season with Genk. In January 2020, Samatta moved to Aston Villa, becoming the first (and only) Tanzanian player to both play and score in the Premier League.
2. Nizar Khalfan (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 31.68, Nizar Khalfan is the 2nd most famous Tanzanian Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Nizar Khalfan (born 21 June 1988) is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pamba.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Tanzanian soccer players born between 1988 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Tanzanian soccer players include Mbwana Samatta, and Nizar Khalfan. As of April 2024, 1 new Tanzanian soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Nizar Khalfan.
