Sam Tillen
 Tillen warming up for Brentford in 2006. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Lee Tillen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left back / Left midfield | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FH | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Brentford | 68 | (1) |
| 2007–2012 | Fram | 98 | (6) |
| 2013– | FH | 39 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Samuel Lee "Sam" Tillen (born 16 April 1985 in Reading) is an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford.[2] He joined Icelandic club Fram in 2008.
Tillen began his career with Chelsea, and played for their academy and reserve teams before joining Brentford at the end of the 2004–05 season.[3] Tillen is a pacy left sided player, equally at home at full back or on the wing, and showed his versatility by filling in at right back and right wing in the 2005–06 season. His contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2008,[4] and the following month he signed for Icelandic team Fram. [1] He made his debut in the first game of the Landsbankadeild season, a 3–0 defeat of Fylkir on 10 May 2008.[5] He spent five seasons with Fram, making a total of 113 appearances in league and cup matches. On 22 October 2012, Tillen signed for Icelandic champions FH on a two-year contract.[6]
His brother Joe is also a professional footballer who joined Fram in 2008.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leikmadur: 9 - Sam Tillen" [Player: 9 - Sam Tillen] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnufélagið Fram. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Sam Tillen". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Brentford buoyed by double deal". BBC Sport. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Dickson joins Bees as Mackie goes". BBC Sport. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Leikir og mörk: Fram Árið: 2008". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ Magnús Már Einarsson (22 October 2012). "Sam Tillen í FH (Staðfest)" (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Leikmadur: 29 - Joe Tillen" [Player: 29 - Joe Tillen] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnufélagið Fram. Retrieved 4 November 2009.