Abel Tamata

Abel Tamata (born 5 December 1990) is a retired professional footballer who played as a left back.

Born in the Netherlands, he played international football for the DR Congo.

Tamata has previously played for PSV, Roda JC Kerkrade, Groningen and ADO Den Haag.

Tamata was born in Bergen op Zoom to a Dutch mother and a Congolese father.

His father worked as a taxi driver.

He has a half-sister on his mother's side, and two half-brothers on his father's side.

His manager is rapper Ali B, who is married to Tamata's half-sister.

Tamata is a Jehovah's Witness.

Having previously played in the academy at SV DOSKO and NAC Breda, Tamata joined PSV's youth system in 2007.

After progressing through the academy, Tamata made his PSV Eindhoven debut in the UEFA Europa League, starting the whole game, in a 0–0 draw against Metalist Kharkiv on 16 December 2010.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, in which he made six appearances, Tamata signed a contract with the club, keeping him until 2013.

His next appearance came on 17 March 2011 in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League, in a 1–0 win over Rangers.

After appearing as an unused substitute, in a 1–0 win over Utrecht on 20 March 2011 following his call-up to the first team for the first time, Two days after making a tackle on Eduardo Salvio that ended his season, during a UEFA Europa League match, Tamata made his league debut for the side, where he started and played for 67 minutes, in a 2–0 win over Heracles Almelo on 17 April 2011.

In the 2011–12 season, Tamata appeared in a handful of first team appearances and competed for the left-back position with Erik Pieters and Jetro Willems.

Although Willems established himself in the left-back position at the start of the season, Tamata appeared on the substitute bench.

However, in his second start of the season, which saw PSV Eindhoven draw 2–2 with Twente, on 29 October 2011, he suffered a calf injury in early of the first half and was substituted as a result.

Following this, Tamata had an operation and was sidelined until the end of the year.

However, his recovery of returning to the first team was further delayed and never appeared in the first team for the rest of the season.

Despite this, he only made a return from injury on 19 April 2012, in a 4–3 win over Jong AGOVV/Vitesse.

Whilst on loan at Roda JC Kerkrade, it was announced on 18 September 2012 that Tamata extended his two-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2015.

After returning from a loan at Roda JC Kerkrade, Tamata was sent to play for Jong PSV for the next two seasons.

Despite this, Tamata was called up to the first team following Willems' absent.

It was announced on 7 July 2012 that Tamata joined Roda JC Kerkrade on a season-long deal for the 2012–13 season, a move he believed it can take a new step to development.

Tamata made his Roda JC debut, starting the whole game in the left-back position, in a 1–1 draw against PEC Zwolle in the opening game of the season.

He then set up a goal for Amin Affane to score an equaliser, but lost 3–2 to FC Groningen on 30 September 2012.

However, he suffered a knee injury during a 0–0 draw against NEC Nijmegen and was out for the whole year.

He made his first appearance of the 2013–14 season, where he played 19 minutes, in a 4–0 win over Ajax on 22 September 2013.

In the absence of Willems, Tamata was called up to the first team and featured in the left-back position for the rest of the year.

After suffering a groin injury, Tamata returned and played the last two matches of the season for the side.

After returning to training, he returned to the first team on 20 January 2013, in a 2–0 win over NEC Nijmegen.

However, in a 4–0 loss against Utrecht on 24 February 2013, Tamata was sent-off in the 18th minute, for a foul on Édouard Duplan.

After the match, Tamata was initially about to serve a one-match suspension but Manager Ruud Brood disagreed, claiming that there was no contact between the pair and had his suspension rescinded.

Despite being sidelined with injuries as the season progressed,

In the 2014–15 season, Tamata started out in the left-back position at the start of the season following Willems' injury.

However, in a 2–0 win over Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the second leg play-off round of the UEFA Europa League, Tamata suffered a fractured foot and was sidelined for two months.

After recovering from a fractured foot, he returned to the reserve side for the whole year.

It was announced that Tamata was leaving PSV Eindhoven at the end of the 2014–15 season.

It believed it was Tamata's decision to leave the club.

After being injured at the beginning of 2015, Tamata played two matches following Willems' injury.

After making his last home appearances against Heracles Almemo on 5 May 2015,