Sidney Sam
Sam training with Schalke 04 in 2015.
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| Full name | Sidney Sam | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany | ||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||||||||
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Current team
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SV Darmstadt 98 | ||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1995–2001 | TuS Mettenhof | ||||||||
| 2001–2002 | 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 | 92 | (24) | ||||||
| 2014– | Schalke 04 | 13 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015 | Schalke 04 II | 12 | (3) | ||||||
| 2017– | → SV Darmstadt 98 (loan) | 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) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:18, 14 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 |
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Sidney Sam (German pronunciation: [ˈzɪd.nɛː ˈzam]; born 31 January 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for SV Darmstadt 98 on loan from Schalke 04. He is known for his explosive speed and dribbling style.
The forward who can also play as a winger started playing football at TuS Mettenhof. After that, Sam 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, Sam 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, Sam made his debut in the Bundesliga against VfB Stuttgart when he came on as a substitute 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.
Sam then moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2010 signing a five-year contract. 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, stunned the entire stadium and made a name for himself that day while the goal was crowned Goal of the Month (Germany). On 17 February 2011, he scored a double in Bayer's UEFA Europa League match against Metalist Kharkiv, with both last-minute goals coming in added time.
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