Mbwana Samatta recently joined Villa in an £8.5million move from Belgian side Genk. New striker Mbwana Samatta comes into contention for Aston Villa's second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at ...

“I feel proud, yet somehow I feel like it has been a shit year,” Mbwana Samatta says, his voice softening as thoughts of those wild, dreamy heights where he was scoring goals in front of packed-out ...

Even as a teenager, all Mbwana Ally Samatta was interested in was scoring goals. It is why, the owner of his first club African Lyon tells The Athletic, they nicknamed him “Samagoal” . “It’s a fitting ...

THE National team, Taifa Stars skipper and Fenerbahce striker, Mbwana Samatta said he banks on the team's squad to win the Sunday's encounter against Burundi at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam ...

Aston Villa are set for another Belgian transfer raid to sign striker Mbwana Ally Samatta from Genk. Villa have been desperately searching the market for a new forward after Wesley Moraes, the ...

They came to see the new signing Mbwana Samatta but left talking about a player whose roots lie much closer to home. Jack Grealish was born just up the road and joined Aston Villa’s academy at the age ...

,"Going down without a whimper", - Ashley Preece gives an honest assessment as Aston Villa lose to Southampton While Aston Villa have endured a rocky month, Mbwana Samatta has had a fairly decent ...

IT was not a game involving Manchester United, Arsenal or Liverpool but dozens of fans in Tanzania gathered around bars and football watching booths to witness a match pitting Aston Villa and ...

The Tanzanian national football team cannot be counted amongst the heavyweights of African football. The Taifa Stars, as they are lovingly called by their fans, have never participated in the ...

The coach has made a change to the squad he constituted four days ago ahead of the upcoming friendly match Taifa Stars coach Etienne Ndayiragije has explained why Ditram Nchimbi has been called up to ...

When he was growing up, Ally Samatta thought he might become a soldier. ‘I just wanted to work for the people; just to be someone for the people,’ he says. In the end, football offered him a different ...