Samuel Moutoussamy

Nantes

Moutoussamy made his professional debut for Nantes in a 1–0 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 12 August 2017. On 16 July 2019, Moutoussamy signed a two-year contract extension with Nantes, extending his stay at the club until 2024. On 6 October 2020, he joined Fortuna Sittard on loan. On 29 January 2023, in the 0–0 draw against Clermont Foot, he played his 100th game in Ligue 1 with Nantes. Three days later, the club rewarded him for the achievement. At the end of July 2024, Nantes announced Moutoussamy's departure after eight years at the club. Over the course of his time there, he had gradually established himself as one of the team's senior figures.

Sivasspor

The DR Congo international joined Turkish club Sivasspor, with the transfer announced by the club on its social media accounts. The midfielder signed for the side that had finished seventh in the 2023–24 Süper Lig. At Sivasspor, he reunited with two former teammates from his time in France, Samba Camara, formerly of Le Havre, and Keita Baldé, formerly of Monaco.

Moutoussamy debuted for the DR Congo national team in a 1–1 friendly tie with Algeria on 10 October 2019. On 27 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 24 Congolese players selected by Sébastien Desabre to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. On May 19, 2026, he was included in the 26-man squad selected by head coach Sébastien Desabre to represent the DR Congo at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Moutoussamy was born on 12 August 1996 in Paris, France. His mother is Congolese and his father is Indo-Guadeloupean of Tamil origin; his surname comes from his father. The Indo-Guadeloupean community descends from indentured labourers brought from South India to the Caribbean during the second half of the 19th century. The name Moutoussamy is of Tamil origin, from muthu ('pearl') and sami ('lord' or 'god'). Moutoussamy began playing youth football with Meudon AS in 2003. He later joined Boulogne-Billancourt and Montrouge FC 92 before entering the Lyon academy in 2011, and moved to Nantes in 2016.

Moutoussamy has spoken of his ties to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where his mother's family lives in Kinshasa and which he has visited several times, and of listening to Congolese musicians such as Fally Ipupa and Koffi Olomidé.