Maic Sema

{{short description|Swedish footballer (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maic Sema

| image =

| full_name = Maic Ndongala Namputu Sema

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Åsele, Sweden

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = IF Sylvia

| years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Sylvia | caps1 = 38 | goals1 = 6

| years2 = 2008–2011 | clubs2 = Hammarby | caps2 = 71 | goals2 = 13

| years3 = 2012–2014 | clubs3 = Haugesund | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 13

| years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = → MVV Maastricht (loan) | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = AEL Limassol | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = Örebro SK | caps6 = 55 | goals6 = 12

| years7 = 2018 | clubs7 = NorthEast United FC | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = GIF Sundsvall | caps8 = 40 | goals8 = 9

| years9 = 2019–2023 | clubs9 = IFK Norrköping | caps9 = 77 | goals9 = 5

| club-update = 15 November 2023

}}

Maic Ndongala Namputu Sema (born 2 December 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward.[http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/85441 Maic Sema: "Örebro ville inte ge mig för lång betänketid"]‚ fotbolltransfers.com,

6 November 2017

Career

Sema was born in Åsele.{{cite web | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/maic-sema-klar-for-gif | title=Maic Sema klar för GIF | date=27 March 2018 }} Until 2011, he played for Hammarby IF, where he came from IF Sylvia summer 2008. In the 2011 season, he made 10 goals for Hammarby and was elected by the fans as Player of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/aktuellt/artiklar/?articleid=37564 |title=Maic Sema Årets Bajenspelare 2011 |date=17 November 2011 |publisher=hammarbyfotboll.se |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125065554/http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/aktuellt/artiklar/?articleid=37564 |archivedate=25 November 2011 }} In January 2012 Sema went to Norwegian FK Haugesund.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/maic-sema-klar-for-norska-haugesund/ |title=Maic Sema klar för norska Haugesund |work=Expressen |date=6 January 2012 }} He was loaned out to MVV Maastricht in the Dutch Eerste Divisie in 2013.

He left Haugesund after the 2014 season.{{cite web|title=Sema og Anyora bort |trans-title=Sema and Anyora leaves |url=http://tvh.no/sema-og-anyora-bort-fra-fkh/aktuelt/34237 |website=tvh.no |publisher=TV Haugaland |accessdate=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222131921/http://tvh.no/sema-og-anyora-bort-fra-fkh/aktuelt/34237 |archivedate=22 December 2014 }} He later had a short spell at Cypriot First Division side, AEL Limassol, before becoming a free agent at the end of the

2014–15 season.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} He was most recently trialing with Blackburn Rovers, appearing in a friendly match against Tranmere Rovers, in which his team won 2–0.{{cite web|title=Rovers' young guns put in an impressive display to defeat Tranmere 2–0 at Prenton Park on Friday evening|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/blackburn-rovers-tranmere-rovers-pre-season-friendly-2569945.aspx?|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.|accessdate=25 July 2015}}

In March 2018, Sema joined GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan.

{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Maic Sema klar för Sundsvall: "Sista pusselbiten"

|url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-maic-sema-klar-for-sundsvall-sista-pusselbiten/|website=fotbollskanalen.se|publisher=fotbollskanalen|accessdate=29 March 2018}}

In August 2019, Maic Sema joined the main club of his home town, IFK Norrköping.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Personal life

Sema was born in Sweden to Congolese parents, his brother Ken Sema is also a footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.op.se/fotboll/allsvenskan/ofk-s-nyforvarv-ken-sema-i-stor-intervju-hyllar-foraldrarna-de-flyttade-till-sverige-for-att-ge-sina-barn-ett-bra-liv|title=ÖFK:s nyförvärv Ken Sema i stor intervju – hyllar föräldrarna: "De flyttade till Sverige för att ge sina barn ett bra liv"|first=Patrick|last=Sjöö|date=5 February 2016}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|30 December 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="5"|Hammarby

|2008

|rowspan="2"|Allsvenskan

|3

00030
2009

|12

000120
2010

|rowspan="2"|Superettan

|26

300263
2011

|30

10003010
colspan="2"|Total

!71

13007113
rowspan="4"|Haugesund

|2012

|rowspan="3"|Tippeligaen

|23

253285
2013

|2

12142
2014

|26

10503110
colspan="2"|Total

!51

131246317
MVV Maastricht (loan)

|2013–14

|Eerste Divisie

|15

521176
AEL Limassol

|2014–15

|Cypriot First Division

|21

243255
colspan="3"|Career total

!158

3318817641

References

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