Sidney Sam
 Sam playing for Germany U21 in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sidney Sam | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiel, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TuS Mettenhof | |||
| Kilia Kiel | |||
| 2002–2004 | Holstein Kiel | ||
| 2004–2007 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Hamburger SV II | 47 | (8) |
| 2007–2010 | Hamburger SV | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 59 | (14) |
| 2010–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | 84 | (23) |
| 2014– | Schalke 04 | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Germany U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013– | Germany | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Sidney Sam (born 31 January 1988) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Club career
Early career
The midfielder who can also play as a forward started playing football at TuS Mettenhof. After that, he played at Kilia Kiel. In the summer of 2002, he signed for the city rivals of Kilia Kiel, Holstein Kiel.
At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, he moved on to the Hamburger SV youth system, and in 2006, he was promoted to the second team. In the 2007–08 season, he became part of the professional pool of Hamburg.
On 20 December 2007, he made his debut in the Bundesliga against VfB Stuttgart when he came on for David Jarolím. He joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern on loan for the 2008–09 season and was loaned for another season on 1 July 2009.[1]
Bayer Leverkusen
Sam then moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2010 as he signed a five-year deal. He started off the season well and on 8 November 2010, he played against his former club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Down 1–0, he started the comeback when he smashed a driven shot into the net. Patrick Helmes then completed the comeback as he made it 2–1. The day belonged to Sam as he smashed home a first time volley almost 25 meters out and stunned the entire stadium and made a name for himself that day. On 17 February 2011, he scored a double in Bayer's UEFA Europa League match against Metalist Kharkiv, with both goals coming in added time.
Schalke 04
On 8 January 2014, he signed a 4-year deal with Schalke 04. He will join the club in summer upon completion of the 2013-14 Bundesliga season.[2]
International career
Born to a Nigerian father, Sam would have been eligible to play for the Nigeria national team[3] but decided early on to represent his country of birth. He was a German youth national player, starring in Germany's under-19 and under-20 teams. On 29 May 2013, Sam made his senior international debut for Germany in a friendly game against Ecuador in Boca Raton, Florida.
Club statistics
- As of 11 November 2013
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Hamburg | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kaiserslautern | 2. Bundesliga | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 4 |
| 2009–10 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 35 | 11 | ||
| 2010–11 | Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 12 |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | ||
| Career Total | 148 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 180 | 49 | ||
References
- ↑ "Sam bleibt in der Pfalz" (in German). kicker.de. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "S04 verpflichtet Nationalspieler Sidney Sam". Schalke 04 (in German). 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Sidney Sam closes the door: ‘I never thought about playing for Nigeria’". Goal.com. 27 May 2013.
External links
- Sidney Sam at fussballdaten.de (German)
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