Jlloyd Samuel
Samuel playing for Cardiff City in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jlloyd Tafari Samuel | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Senrab | |||
| West Ham United | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2007 | Aston Villa | 169 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | → Gillingham (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Bolton Wanderers | 71 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Esteghlal | 60 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Paykan | 27 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2004 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC) |
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Jlloyd Tafari Samuel (pronounced "Jay-Lloyd", born 29 March 1981) is a professional footballer who last played as a defender and midfielder for Paykan in the Persian Gulf Pro League and represented Trinidad and Tobago at international level. Samuel played in the Premier League for both Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers earlier in his career having come through the Charlton Athletic youth academy.
Born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, Samuel attended St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath through the 1990s where he was a valuable member of the school football teams as well as the London Schoolboys teams. He spent his youth football at Charlton Athletic before signing a professional contract with Aston Villa. There was a dispute with Charlton concerning "poaching" of their youth system by Aston Villa; at the FA tribunal which was set up in response to the charges, Villa manager John Gregory was famously quoted as saying that he'd signed Samuel and did not expect him to play for the first team.
As a youth, Samuel supported Manchester United and played for the Sunday league team Senrab and West Ham United. He was released from the Hammers on the same day as Paul Konchesky, Lee Bowyer, Bobby Zamora (All three have since returned to the Hammers) and Fitz Hall, now of Watford.
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