Rafiki Saïd
 Saïd in 2022. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafiki Saïd Ahamada | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Samba M'Bodoni, Comoros | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Troyes | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2017 | Brest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Brest II | 49 | (19) |
| 2021 | → Stade Briochin (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Brest | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Nîmes | 30 | (9) |
| 2023– | Troyes | 35 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Comoros | 9 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 | |||
Rafiki Saïd Ahamada (born 15 March 2000) is a Comorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for French Ligue 2 club Troyes and the Comoros national team.
Club career
[edit]Saïd joined the youth academy of Brest at the age of 11, and signed his first professional contract on 25 May 2000.[2] He began his senior career with their reserve side, before joining Stade Briochin on loan for the second half of the 2020–21 season in the Championnat National.[3] He returned to Brest in the summer of 2021, where he was promoted to the senior team.[4] He made his professional debut with Brest in a 1–1 Ligue 1 tie with Angers on 12 September 2021.[5]
On 31 August 2022, Saïd signed with Nîmes for one season, with an option to extend for two more seasons.[6] On 22 July 2023, he transferred to Troyes signing a 4-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Saïd debuted with the Comoros national team in a 4–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Central African Republic on 17 November 2023, scoring his side's third goal in his debut.[8]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list the Comoros' goal tally first.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 November 2023 | Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros |  Central African Republic |
3–1 | 4–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 22 March 2024 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco |  Uganda |
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 11 October 2024 | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia |  Tunisia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | 15 November 2024 | Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane, Morocco |  Gambia |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ "Said (Rafiki Said) - Football". petitbleu.fr.
- ^ Football 269, Comoros (26 May 2020). "Rafiki Saïd signe son premier contrat pro avec le Stade Brestois".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rafiki Saïd est Griffon". Stade Briochin - Site Officiel. 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Stade Brestois. Sans Rafiki Saïd, avec le jeune Axel Camblan contre le PSG". Le Telegramme. 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Brest vs. Angers - 12 September 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Le Nîmes Olympique est fier et heureux de vous annoncer l'arrivée de Rafiki Saïd pour une saison" (in French). Nîmes. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Houssamdine, Boina (23 July 2023). "Rafiki Saïd s'engage avec Troyes (L2)".
- ^ "Coupe du monde 2026 (Q) : Maolida et les Comores en passent 4 à la Centrafrique". www.afrik-foot.com. 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Rafiki Saïd". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Rafiki Saïd at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Grande Comore
- Comorian men's footballers
- Comoros men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- Stade Briochin players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- ES Troyes AC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Comorian expatriate men's footballers
- Comorian expatriates in France
- Comorian expatriate sportspeople in France