Mamadu Samba Candé (born 23 September 1992), known as Sambinha, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who played as a centre back for Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Bnei Reineh.
Club career
New England Revolution
On October 1, 2014, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer entered into a "strategic partnership" with Primeira Liga club Sporting CP. The agreement allowed for the Revolution to bring in Sporting players on loan, as well as allow the clubs’ academy teams, youth players and coaches to spend training time with the other organization’s teams. Sambinha became the first player to join the Revolution as part of this deal, joining on a one year loan with an option to buy on January 22, 2016. Speaking on the signing, Revolution GM Mike Burns called Sambinha "a big, strong center back" and added that Sambinha "will be able to help strengthen our defense and we are grateful to be able to work with Sporting in order to add a player of his quality to our roster for the upcoming season."
Sambinha made his Revolution debut on May 14, 2016, coming on as a substitute for Juan Agudelo in the Revolution's 2-0 win over Chicago Fire FC. He would start his first match for the club on May 21, 2016 against FC Dallas.
Sambinha had his U.S. Open Cup debut on June 29, 2016 playing the full 90 minutes in the club's win over the New York Cosmos. He would start the Revolution's U.S. Open Cup Quarter Final win against the Philadelphia Union on July 20, 2016.
The New England Revolution waived Sambinha on August 29, 2016.