Ali Ahamada

Toulouse

Born in Martigues, France, Ahamada began his football career at Martigues and stayed there for nine years before joining Toulouse in 2009. Months after joining the club, he was called up to the first team following the injury of Olivier Blondel and appeared as an unused substitute against Sochaux on 10 December 2009. Ahamada was involved in the club's first team throughout the pre–season friendlies prior to the 2010–11 season. However, he did not feature in Toulouse's first team squad until November and appeared in the substitute bench for the next two months. Ahamada made his professional debut on 20 February 2011 appearing against Rennes appearing as a substitute for the injured Marc Vidal. Four days later on 24 February 2011, he signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2014. Three weeks later on 12 March 2011, Ahamada recorded his first clean sheets when he helped Toulouse beat Lens 1–0. After sitting out on the substitute bench for the next four matches, Ahamada made his return to the starting line–up against SM Caen on 24 April 2011, as the club drew 1–1. Following this, he continued to regain his place as Toulouse's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the season. Ahamada recorded five more clean sheets, including three consecutive clean sheets against Lyon, Lorient and Valenciennes. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he went on to make eight appearances in all competitions. Both French newspapers La Dépêche du Midi and…

Ahamada was born in France to parents of Comorian descent, making eligible to play for either France or Comoros.

France

In May 2011, Ahamada and teammate Yannis Tafer were called up to the France U20 squad, but Toulouse refused to let the pair go, citing commitment with the club. Three months later, he was called up to the France U21 squad for the first time. Ahamada made his debut for the national U21 team, starting the whole game and kept a clean sheet, in a 3–0 win against Latvia U21 on 2 September 2011. He later helped France U21 keep four more clean sheets by the end of the year. For the rest of the 2012, Ahamada continued to remain the first choice goalkeeper for the national U21 team. He later earn himself three clean sheets, coming against Latvia U21, Kazakhstan U21 and Norway U21. Ahamada went on to make twelve appearances in all competitions for France U21.

Comoros

In March 2016, Ahamada was called up to the Comoros for the first time. He made his debut for the national team, starting the whole game, in a historic 1–0 win over Botswana for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. However, Ahamada played four more matches for Comoros, as the national team were eventually eliminated from the Group Stage. He continued to be the Comoros’ first choice goalkeeper throughout 2017, making five appearances. He then featured four times in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, as Comoros were eventually eliminated from the Group Stage. During…

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As of match played 16 October 2022

Ahamada is a Muslim, saying: "he prays before, during and after the match, but doesn't do Ramadan, saying it's incompatible and prays five times a day." Three months after moving Turkey, Ahamada spoke about his time in the country, saying: "I have no information about Turkey before coming to Kayserispor and I had no idea. However, with arriving and Turkey after the Turkish people know well that I arrived. I said: ‘’"currently Turkey and Kayserispor"’’. I am very happy to come to the fans and I love them. Kayserispor has very good facilities, with very good staff. I feel very good here and work very comfortably. I want to learn Turkish football and Turkish." In addition to speaking French, he also speaks English, having the language at a young age. Prior to the match against Lyon on 11 January 2015, newspaper L'Équipe reported that Ahamada will not wear the 'Je suis Charlie' t-shirt during the warm-up for the match. Responding to the report, Toulouse's president, Olivier Sadran said the report was false.