Sammy Ameobi
Ameobi playing for Cardiff City in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Samuel Oluwaseyi Ameobi | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Newcastle United | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010– | Newcastle United | 56 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2011 | Nigeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | England U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 017:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC). |
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Samuel Oluwaseyi "Sammy" Ameobi (born 1 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Newcastle United. He is the younger brother of fellow players Shola and Tomi Ameobi.
Born in England, Ameobi was capped by England at under-21 level before switching his allegiance to Nigeria in August 2014.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Ameobi joined the Newcastle United Academy in July 2008 after finishing school and made his reserve team debut on 29 September 2008 against Blackburn Rovers. He made his first-team debut on 15 May 2011 as a second-half substitute against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a 2–2 draw, alongside his brother Shola, coming on for Peter Løvenkrands just before Chelsea made the game 2–1. This prompted Newcastle fans to change a chant from "There's only one Ameobi" to "There's only two Ameobis". They became the first pair of brothers to play for Newcastle in a league match since George and Ted Robledo in 1952.
Ameobi scored his first senior goal on 15 July 2011, in a pre-season friendly against Darlington. Prior to the goal, supporters chanted, "If Sammy scores we're on the pitch" and thus the goal was followed by a pitch invasion which caused the game to be delayed for 10 minutes. He scored his first competitive goal on 25 August 2011, scoring the winner in extra time against Scunthorpe United in the second round of the Football League Cup.
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