page_title: Christopher Samba
section_title: Dynamo Moscow
hierarchical_section_title: Christopher Samba / Club career / Dynamo Moscow
caption_attribution_description: English: Christopher Samba
context_page_description: Veijeany Christopher Samba, known as Christopher Samba, is a former professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Congo national team.
context_section_description: On 29 August 2013, Dynamo Moscow signed three players from Anzhi, with Samba being one of them. He was issued the number 84 shirt. However, Samba's family were still based in England. For this reason, Samba was periodically linked with moves back to an English club.
  Having spent two matches on the substitute bench, Samba made his FC Dynamo Moscow debut, coming on as 76th minutes substitute, in a 3–1 loss against Lokomotiv Moscow on 21 September 2013. After making his debut, he acknowledged not being in shape as the reason on the substitute bench. Samba made his first start for the side, playing the whole game against Rubin Kazan five days later on 26 September 2013, but scored an own goal, in a 2–2 draw. However, his first team opportunities became limited and was placed on the substitute bench. After returning to full training from injury, he made his return to the starting line–up on 8 December 2013, in a 2–0 win against Amkar Perm. In a follow–up match against CSKA Moscow, Samba scored his first goal for the club, as Dynamo Moscow won 4–2. However, during the match, he suffered a concussion and was substituted in the 61st minutes. After serving one match suspension, Samba returned to the starting line–up, starting the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Rubin Kazan on 23 March 2014. He then scored his second goal of the season, in a 5–0 win against Volga Nizhny Novgorod on 14 April 2014. However, Samba missed the last three matches of the season, due to suspension and injury. At the end of the 2013–14 season, he went on to make eleven appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.
  At the start of the 2014–15 season, Samba started the season well when he scored the club’s second goal of the game, in a 7–2 win against Rostov in the opening game of the season. Ten days later on 13 August 2013,  Samba scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–0 win against Ufa. He then scored in both legs against Omonia in the UEFA Europa League Play–Offs, resulting a 4–3 win on aggregate to progress to the group stage. He continued to regain his first team place, playing in the centre–back position. Samba scored his fifth goal of the season, in a 3–2 loss against Zenit Saint Petersburg on 13 September 2014. However, during a 3–2 win against Torpedo Moscow on 22 September 2014, he was subjected a racist taunts from the opposition team, leading him to show an "unpleasant gesture"' to Torpedo fans. Although the club had to close a section of their stadium for their next match after being sanctioned by Russian Football Union (RFU), Samba, himself, was banned for two match for show an "unpleasant gesture"' to Torpedo fans. Following this, he apologised to the supporters of Torpedo Moscow for his action. After serving a two match suspension, Samba returned to the starting line–up, starting the whole game, in a 2–2 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow on 2 November 2014. He captained Dynamo Moscow for the first time and helped the side drew 1–1 against Rubin Kazan on 30 November 2014. It wasn’t until on 26 April 2015 when Samba scored his sixth goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Rostov. Despite missing two matches later in the 2014–15 season, he went on to make thirty–seven appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.
  In June 2015, Dynamo Moscow were excluded from 2015–16 Europa League contention for violating Financial Fair Play break-even requirements. Samba reacted angrily with the respond in a Russian interview. Consequently, most of the foreign players left the club. In August, Samba went to Turkey to arrange a transfer to Trabzonspor, but the transfer fell through, with Trabzonspor manager Shota Arveladze commenting: "This is not the Samba I know, this is some kind of Mike Tyson. I need a football player, not a heavyweight boxer." He rejected a new contract from Dynamo Moscow, which began negotiation last April. Samba didn't play any games for Dynamo in the first half of the 2015–16 season, with his spot in the line–up taken by a new signing Vitali Dyakov. Dynamo manager Andrey Kobelev explained that Samba is suffering 
caption: Samba pictured in the club’s pre–match against PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Europa League match.
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